Zopfia Explained

Zopfia is a genus of fungi in the family Zopfiaceae.^[1] The widespread genus contained 5 species, until another species was accepted.

The genus was circumscribed by Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in Fungi europ. exsicc. no. 1734. in 1874.

The genus name of Zopfia is in honour of Friedrich (or Friederich) Wilhelm Zopf (1846–1909), who was a well-known German botanist and mycologist. He dedicated to his whole life with fungal biology, particularly in classification of fungi and dye production in fungi and lichens.^[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Zopfia albiziae
• Zopfia caricis-firmae
• Zopfia pakistanica
• Zopfia rhizophila
• Zopfia rosatii
• Zopfia saitoi

Former species;^[3]

• Z. bilgramii = Ulospora bilgramii, Testudinaceae
• Z. biturbinata = Pontoporeia biturbinata, Zopfiaceae
• Z. boudieri = Rechingeriella boudieri, Zopfiaceae
• Z. cunninghamiae = Neotestudina cunninghamiae, Testudinaceae
• Z. duplicispora = Celtidia duplicispora, Zopfiaceae
• Z. insignis = Rechingeriella insignis, Zopfiaceae
• Z. nicotiae = Lepidosphaeria nicotiae, Testudinaceae
• Z. punctata = Zopfiofoveola punctata, Zopfiaceae
• Z. terrestris = Testudina terrestris, Testudinaceae
• Z. variospora = Richonia variospora, Zopfiaceae

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.
3. Web site: Zopfia - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 21 December 2022.