Karschia Explained

Karschia is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).^[1]

The genus name of Karschia is in honour of Anton Ferdinand Franz Karsch (1822-1892), who was a German doctor and botanist. He was in 1852, Professor of Medicine in Münster.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Gustav Wilhelm Körber in Parerga Lichenol. on page 459 in 1865.

Species

• Karschia adnata
• Karschia agapanthi
• Karschia alpicolae
• Karschia artemisiae
• Karschia atherospermae
• Karschia brachyspora
• Karschia crassa
• Karschia crassaria
• Karschia elaeospora
• Karschia elasticae
• Karschia epimyces
• Karschia fuegiana
• Karschia globuligera
• Karschia juniperi
• Karschia laeta
• Karschia latypizae
• Karschia linitaria
• Karschia microspora
• Karschia minuta
• Karschia pertusariae
• Karschia ricasoliae
• Karschia santessonii
• Karschia tjibodensis

See also

• List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis

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 . March 18, 2009 .
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.