Kirschsteiniothelia

Kirschsteiniothelia
Kirschsteiniothelia aethiops on dead wood of Fagus sylvatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: incertae sedis
Genus: Kirschsteiniothelia
D.Hawksw. (1985)
Type species
Kirschsteiniothelia aethiops
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) D.Hawksw. (1985)

Kirschsteiniothelia is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).

The genus name of Kirschsteiniothelia is in honour of Wilhelm Kirschstein (1863 - 1946), who was a German schoolteacher and mycologist.

The genus was circumscribed by David Leslie Hawksworth in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. vol.91 on page 182 in 1985.

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References

  1. ↑ "Myconet". Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.