Ainsworthia Explained

Ainsworthia is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetothyriaceae.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Raffaele Ciferri in Sydowia Beih. vol.3 on page 4 in 1962.

The genus name of Ainsworthia is in honour of Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905–1998), who was a British mycologist and scientific historian.^[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Ainsworthia lecythidacearum
• Ainsworthia oblongotheca
• Ainsworthia psidii
• Ainsworthia roraimensis
• Ainsworthia smilacina
• Ainsworthia zanthoxyli

Former species;

• A. morindae = Phaeosaccardinula morindae, Chaetothyriaceae
• A. negeriana = Teichosporella negeriana, Dothideomycetes family
• A. seaveriana = Phaeosaccardinula seaveriana, Chaetothyriaceae

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota  - 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1 - 58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . 2009-03-18 .
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
3. Web site: Ainsworthia - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 27 October 2022.