Wettsteinina Explained

Wettsteinina is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The type species Wettsteinina gigantospora was first described by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel in 1907.^[1] The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class was unknown in 2008,^[2] until it was resolved and placed in the Pleosporaceae family.^[3]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[4]

• Wettsteinina ambigua
• Wettsteinina arctica
• Wettsteinina barriae
• Wettsteinina bupleuri
• Wettsteinina candida
• Wettsteinina carinthiaca
• Wettsteinina carissae
• Wettsteinina corni
• Wettsteinina coryli
• Wettsteinina douglasii
• Wettsteinina dryadis
• Wettsteinina duplex
• Wettsteinina eliassonii
• Wettsteinina engadinensis
• Wettsteinina eucarpa
• Wettsteinina gentianae
• Wettsteinina gigaspora
• Wettsteinina junci
• Wettsteinina kashmirensis
• Wettsteinina kobresiae
• Wettsteinina lacustris
• Wettsteinina luzulae
• Wettsteinina macrospora
• Wettsteinina macrotheca
• Wettsteinina magnifica
• Wettsteinina mirabilis
• Wettsteinina moniliformis
• Wettsteinina niesslii
• Wettsteinina operculata
• Wettsteinina oreophila
• Wettsteinina pachyasca
• Wettsteinina papuana
• Wettsteinina philadelphi
• Wettsteinina phoenicis
• Wettsteinina phragmosporae
• Wettsteinina phyllodiorum
• Wettsteinina plantaginicola
• Wettsteinina polygonorum
• Wettsteinina sabalicola
• Wettsteinina salicicola
• Wettsteinina savilei
• Wettsteinina triseptata
• Wettsteinina victorialis
• Wettsteinina waltraudiae
• Wettsteinina winteri
• Wettsteinina xerophylli

Former species;^[4]

• W. andromedae = Extrawettsteinina andromedae, Pleosporaceae
• W. andromedae var. cassiopes = Extrawettsteinina andromedae, Pleosporaceae
• W. anomala = Didymolepta anomala, Didymellaceae
• W. callista = Wettsteinina mirabilis
• W. distincta = Didymella distincta, Didymellaceae
• W. ellisii = Dothiora ellisii, Botryosphaeriaceae
• W. gigantospora = Wettsteinina mirabilisete
• W. marina = Leptosphaeria marina, Leptosphaeriaceae
• W. mediterranea = Kriegeriella mediterranea, Pleosporaceae
• W. sieversiae = Diadema sieversiae, Diademaceae
• W. vossii = Wettsteinina mirabilis
• W. yuccigena = Planistromella yuccigena, Planistromellaceae

Notes and References

1. Shoemaker RA, Babcock CE. . 1986 . Wettsteinina . Canadian Journal of Botany . 65 . 373–405 . 10.1139/b87-048.
2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007. Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1–58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA.
3. 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 .
4. Web site: Species Fungorum - Search Page - Wettsteinina . www.speciesfungorum.org . 9 August 2023.