Keissleriella Explained

Keissleriella is a genus of fungi, that was originally placed in the Massarinaceae family, before being placed in the Lentitheciaceae family.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel in 1919, and was named in honour of Karl von Keissler (1872-1965), who was an Austrian lichenologist and mycologist.^[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Keissleriella abruptipapilla
• Keissleriella aesculi
• Keissleriella alpina
• Keissleriella andersonii
• Keissleriella bambusicola
• Keissleriella bavarica
• Keissleriella breviasca
• Keissleriella camporesiana
• Keissleriella camporesii
• Keissleriella caraganae
• Keissleriella caudata
• Keissleriella cirsii
• Keissleriella cladophila
• Keissleriella conferta
• Keissleriella culmifida
• Keissleriella dactylidicola
• Keissleriella dactylis
• Keissleriella emergens
• Keissleriella gallica
• Keissleriella genistae
• Keissleriella holmiorum
• Keissleriella hyalinospora
• Keissleriella italica
• Keissleriella mediterranea
• Keissleriella ocellata
• Keissleriella phragmiticola
• Keissleriella pindaundeensis
• Keissleriella pinicola
• Keissleriella poagena
• Keissleriella quadriseptata
• Keissleriella rara
• Keissleriella rosacearum
• Keissleriella rosae
• Keissleriella sambucina
• Keissleriella spartiicola
• Keissleriella subalpina
• Keissleriella syzygii
• Keissleriella tamaricicola
• Keissleriella taminensis
• Keissleriella trichophoricola
• Keissleriella yonaguniensis

Former species;^[3]

• K. blepharospora = Etheirophora blepharospora, Etheirophoraceae
• K. fusispora = Trichometasphaeria fusispora, Lophiostomataceae
• K. gloeospora = Leptosphaeria gloeospora, Leptosphaeriaceae
• K. holmii = Exserohilum holmii, Pleosporaceae
• K. linearis = Lentithecium lineare, Lentitheciaceae
• K. podocarpi = Lepteutypa podocarpi, Amphisphaeriaceae
• K. turcica = Exserohilum turcicum, Pleosporaceae

Notes and References

1. 6 . Wijayawardene . Nalin . Hyde . Kevin . Laith Khalil Tawfeeq . Al-Ani . Somayeh . Dolatabadi . Stadler . Marc . Haelewaters . Danny . Tsurykau . Andrei . Mesic . Armin . Navathe . Sudhir . Papp . Viktor . Oliveira Fiuza . Patrícia . Vázquez . Víctor . Gautam . Ajay . Becerra . Alejandra G. . Ekanayaka . Anusha . K. C. . Rajeshkumar . Bezerra . Jadson . Matočec . Neven . Maharachchikumbura . Sajeewa . Suetrong . Satinee . 2020 . Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa . Mycosphere . 11 . 1060–1456 . 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . free. 10481/61998 . free .
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: Species Fungorum - Search Page - Keissleriella . www.speciesfungorum.org . 28 July 2023.