''Thozetella'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Chaetosphaeriaceae
The Chaetosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes. The family was circumscribed by Martina Réblová, Margaret Elizabeth Barr Bigelow, and Gary Samuels in 1999. Species in the family have a cosmopolitan distrib ...
. This has been confirmed with analyse of 3 genes (ribosomal DNA and protein coding genes: RNA polymerase II largest subunit (RBP2) and b-tubulin) and morphological comparison.
Type species, ''Thozetella nivea'' is
saprobic
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on submerged decaying wood in freshwater in Thailand.
Species ''Thozetella pinicola'' was found on leaf litter of ''
Pinus elliottii
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'' in
Hong Kong
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.
Species ''Thozetella pandanicola'' is found on members of the
Pandanaceae
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family with other micro-fungi species in China and Thailand.
Species ''Thozetella aculeata'' was found on leaf litter in Brazil.
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
Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze
Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist.
Biography
Otto Kuntze was born in Leipzig.
An apothecary in his early career, he published an essay entitled ''Pocket Fauna of Leipzig''. Between 1863 and 1866, he ...
in Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) vol.2 on page 873 in 1891.
The genus name of ''Thozetella'' is in honour of
Anthelme Thozet
Anthelme Thozet (25 May 1826 – 31 May 1878) was a French-Australian botanist and ethnographer.
Early life
He was born 25 May 1826 in Cheignieu-la-Balme, Chegnieu-la-Balme (Register of Contrevoz), and fled Calais for London (giving his profess ...
(1826–1878), who was a French-Australian botanist and
ethnographer
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.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
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;
* ''
Thozetella acerosa''
* ''
Thozetella aculeata''
* ''
Thozetella bambusicola''
* ''
Thozetella boonjiensis''
* ''
Thozetella buxifolia''
* ''
Thozetella canadensis''
* ''
Thozetella capitata''
* ''
Thozetella coronata''
* ''
Thozetella cristata''
* ''
Thozetella cubensis''
* ''
Thozetella effusa''
* ''
Thozetella fabacearum''
* ''
Thozetella falcata''
* ''
Thozetella gigantea''
* ''
Thozetella havanensis''
* ''
Thozetella lithocarpi''
* ''
Thozetella neonivea''
* ''
Thozetella nivea''
* ''
Thozetella pandanicola''
* ''
Thozetella pindobacuensis''
* ''
Thozetella pinicola''
* ''
Thozetella queenslandica''
* ''
Thozetella radicata''
* ''
Thozetella serrata''
* ''
Thozetella submersa''
* ''
Thozetella tocklaiensis''
* ''
Thozetella ypsiloidea''
References
External links
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Sordariomycetes genera
Chaetosphaeriales