The genus name of Togninia is in honour of Filippo Tognini (1868–1896), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology), who worked in Florence and was curator of the botanical garden in Padua.[2]
References
^Togninia (Calosphaeriales) is confirmed as teleomorph of Phaeoacremonium by means of morphology, sexual compatibility and DNA phylogeny. Mostert L, Crous PW, Ewald Groenewald JZ, Gams W and Summerbell RC, Mycologia, Jul-Aug 2003, volume 95, issue 4, pages 646-659, PMID21148974