Jattaea

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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{{Taxobox

| image = Jattaea discreta.png

| image_caption = Jattaea discreta

| name = Jattaea

| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Ascomycota

| subdivisio = Pezizomycotina

| classis = Sordariomycetes

| subclassis = Sordariomycetidae

| ordo = Calosphaeriales

| familia = Calosphaeriaceae

| genus = Jattaea

| genus_authority = Berl. 1900

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 16, see text.

}}

Jattaea is a genus of fungi in the family Calosphaeriaceae.{{cite web |title=Jattaea Berl., 1900 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2565674 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=en}}

The genus name of Jattaea is in honour of Antonio Jatta (1852–1912), who was an Italian politician and lichenologist..{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Napoleone Berlese in Icon. Fung. vol.3 on page 6 in 1900.