''Klasterskya'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Ophiostomataceae
The Ophiostomataceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes. The family was circumscribed by J.A. Nannfeldt in 1932. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are typically found in temperate regions, ...
.
The genus name of ''Klasterskya'' is in honour of Ivan Kláštersky (1901-1979), who was a Czechoslovakian botanist, who was between 1925 - 1955 curator, and Director of the botany department of the
National Museum (Prague)
The National Museum (NM) (Czech language, Czech: ''Národní muzeum'') is a public museum dedicated to natural scientific and historical collections of the Czech Republic, its History of the Czech lands, history, Culture of the Czech Republic, cul ...
.
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
Franz Petrak
Franz Petrak (9 October 1886, Mährisch-Weißkirchen – 9 October 1973, Vienna) was an Austrian-Czech mycologist.
From 1906 to 1910, he studied botany at the University of Vienna, where he was a student of Richard Wettstein. In 1913, he obtai ...
in Ann. Mycol. vol.38 on page 227 in 1940.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
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;
*''
Klasterskya acuum''
*''
Klasterskya coronata''
*''
Klasterskya crenata''
Former species;
* ''Klasterskya splendens'' = ''
Subbaromyces splendens
''Subbaromyces'' was a genus of fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae, Sordariomycetes. It was later moved to class Laboulbeniomycetes (with unknown order or family) incertae cedis.
The genus was named to honour Yellapragada Subbarow
Yell ...
'',
Laboulbeniomycetes
The Laboulbeniomycetes are a unique group of fungi that are obligatorily associated with arthropods, either as external parasites ( Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales) or for dispersal ( Pyxidiophorales).
Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales fungi ...
,
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 ...
References
External links
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Sordariomycetes genera
Ophiostomatales
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