''Kirschsteiniothelia'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the class
Dothideomycetes
Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1,300 genera and over 19,000 known species.
Wijayawardene et al. in 2020 added more orders to the class.
Traditionally, most of it ...
. The relationship of this
taxon
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to other taxa within the class is unknown (''
incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'').
The genus name of ''Kirschsteiniothelia'' is in honour of
Wilhelm Kirschstein
Wilhelm Kirschstein (2 October 1863 - 1946 in Groß Behnitz bei Nauen) was a German schoolteacher and mycologist.
During his career, he taught classes in Rathenow and Berlin-Pankow.[mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...]
.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by
David Leslie Hawksworth
David Leslie Hawksworth (born 1946 in Sheffield, UK) is a British mycologist and lichenologist currently with a professorship in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid, Spain and also a Scientific Associate of The Natural History Mu ...
in
Bot. J. Linn. Soc. vol.91 on page 182 in 1985.
Species
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Kirschsteiniothelia abietina''
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Kirschsteiniothelia acerina''
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Kirschsteiniothelia aethiops''
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Kirschsteiniothelia atkinsonii''
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Kirschsteiniothelia dolioloides''
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Kirschsteiniothelia elaterascus''
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Kirschsteiniothelia maritima''
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Kirschsteiniothelia phileura''
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Kirschsteiniothelia populi''
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Kirschsteiniothelia proteae''
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Kirschsteiniothelia recessa''
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Kirschsteiniothelia reticulata''
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Kirschsteiniothelia smilacis''
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Kirschsteiniothelia striatispora''
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Kirschsteiniothelia thujina''
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Kirschsteiniothelia umbrinoidea''
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Kirschsteiniothelia xera''
See also
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List of Dothideomycetes genera ''incertae sedis''
References
Enigmatic Dothideomycetes taxa
Dothideomycetes genera
Taxa named by David Leslie Hawksworth
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