Asterinaceae Explained

The Asterinaceae are a family of fungi in the class Asterinales.

Genera

This is a list of the genera in the Asterinaceae, based on a 2021 review and summary of fungal classification by Wijayawardene and colleagues. Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority (those who first circumscribed the genus; standardized author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the number of species:

• Asterina – ca. 1085 spp.

• Asterolibertia – ca. 30 spp.
• Asterostomella – 87 spp.
• Batistinula – 1 sp.
• Cirsosia – 18 spp.
• Dothidasteromella – 11 spp.
• Echidnodella – 35 spp.
• Echidnodes – 27 spp.^[1]
• Halbania – 3 spp.
• Meliolaster – 3 spp.
• Morenoina - 26 spp.^[2]
• Parasterinopsis – 3 spp.
• Platypeltella – 3 spp.
• Prillieuxina – 66 spp.
• Schenckiella – 1 sp.
• Steyaertia - 1sp.^[3]
• Trichasterina – 11 spp.

• Uleothyrium – 3 spp.
• Vizellopsis – 1 sp.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Echidnodes - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 6 November 2022.
2. Web site: Morenoina - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 6 November 2022.
3. Web site: Steyaertia couepiae Bat. & H. Maia, - GSD Species . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 5 November 2022.