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Otthia
Otthia is a genus of fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae. There are about 76 species. The genus name of Otthia is in honour of Gustav Heinrich Otth (1806-1874), who was a Swiss mycologist and military officer. The genus was circumscribed by Theodor Rudolf Joseph Nitschke ex. Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Jahrb. Nassauischen Vereins Naturk. vol.23-24 (Symb.Mycol.) on page 169 in 1870.
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Otthia is a genus of fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae. There are about 76 species. The genus name of Otthia is in honour of Gustav Heinrich Otth (1806-1874), who was a Swiss mycologist and military officer. The genus was circumscribed by Theodor Rudolf Joseph Nitschke ex. Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Jahrb. Nassauischen Vereins Naturk. vol.23-24 (Symb.Mycol.) on page 169 in 1870.
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