Seynesiopeltis

Seynesiopeltis is a genus of fungi in the Microthyriaceae family.^[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Seynesiopeltis tetraplasandrae F. Stevens & R.W. Ryan (1925).^[2]

Seynesiopeltis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Subclass:	Dothideomycetidae
Order:	Microthyriales
Family:	Microthyriaceae
Genus:	Seynesiopeltis F. Stevens & R.W. Ryan
Type species
Seynesiopeltis tetraplasandrae F. Stevens & R.W. Ryan

The genus was circumscribed by Frank Lincoln Stevens and Ruth Winifred Ryan in Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. vol.19 on page 69 in 1925.

The genus name of Seynesiopeltis is in honour of Jules de Seynes (1833–1912), who was a French physician, botanist and mycologist, and Professor of Natural history at the Medical faculty within the University of Paris. He previously also was at the University of Montpellier.^[3]