''Rostafinskia'' 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 ...

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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 ...

phylum. The relationship of this

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to other taxa within the phylum 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 ...

''), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. The genus name of ''Rostafinskia'' is in honour of Józef Tomasz Rostafínsky (1850–1928), who was a Polish

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(Algology and Mycology), and Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden at

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...

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between 1873 - 1912. Note: ''Rostafinskia elegans'' Racib. 1884Racib., Rozpr. Spraw. Posiedzeń Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn. 12: 78 (1884) is a name brought to synonymy to '' Collaria elegans'' (Racib.) Dhillon & Nann.-Bremek. ex Ing, 1982.

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Index Fungorum
Enigmatic Ascomycota taxa Ascomycota genera Taxa described in 1880 Taxa named by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini {{Ascomycota-stub

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