''Karsteniomyces'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of lichenicolous fungi of unknown familial, ordinal, and

class Class, Classes, or The Class may refer to: Common uses not otherwise categorized * Class (biology), a taxonomic rank * Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects * Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used d ...

placement in the

Ascomycota Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...

. The genus was circumscribed by David Leslie Hawksworth in 1980. The species of this genus are found in Europe. The genus name of ''Karsteniomyces'' is in honour of

Petter Adolf Karsten Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finland, Finnish mycology, mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology". Karsten was born in Merim ...

(1834–1917), who was a Finnish born mycologist. The genus was circumscribed by David Leslie Hawksworth in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) vol.9 (Issue 1) on page 22 in 1981. Species known;. *'' Karsteniomyces llimonae'' *'' Karsteniomyces peltigerae'' *'' Karsteniomyces tuberculosus'' – Greenland

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Enigmatic Ascomycota taxa Taxa described in 1980 Taxa named by David Leslie Hawksworth Ascomycota genera {{Ascomycota-stub