Kirschsteiniothelia Explained

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).^[1]

The genus name of Kirschsteiniothelia is in honour of Wilhelm Kirschstein (1863 - 1946), who was a German schoolteacher and mycologist.^[2]

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

Species

• Kirschsteiniothelia abietina
• Kirschsteiniothelia acerina
• Kirschsteiniothelia aethiops
• Kirschsteiniothelia atkinsonii
• Kirschsteiniothelia dolioloides
• Kirschsteiniothelia elaterascus
• Kirschsteiniothelia maritima
• Kirschsteiniothelia phileura
• Kirschsteiniothelia populi
• Kirschsteiniothelia proteae
• Kirschsteiniothelia recessa
• Kirschsteiniothelia reticulata
• Kirschsteiniothelia smilacis
• Kirschsteiniothelia striatispora
• Kirschsteiniothelia thujina
• Kirschsteiniothelia umbrinoidea
• Kirschsteiniothelia xera

See also

• List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Myconet . 2009-04-26 . 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.