Jonathan Eisen investigates the genomics of a prez candidate’s name and finds a fungus – Botryotinia fuckeliana (anamorph Botrytis cinerea).
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I am so so so glad someone decided to use the fuckeliana name and not cinerea …
Likely derived from the phrase commonly heard when a farmer discovers a fruit infected with the disease….
Not really B. fuckelina was named for Dr Fuckel