Kretzschmaria

Kretzschmaria
Wood decay caused by Kretzschmaria deusta infection
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Xylariaceae
Genus: Kretzschmaria
Fr.[1]
Type species
Kretzschmaria clavus
(Fr.) Sacc.
Species

Species include:
Synonyms

Ascostroma Bonord. 1851
Rhopalopsis Cooke 1883

Kretzschmaria is a genus of fungi in the Xylariaceae family.[2] The genus, first described by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1849, contains 28 species that collectively have a widespread distribution.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fries EM. (1849). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae. p. 409. 
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
  3. ^ Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th edition. Wallingford: CABI. p. 354. ISBN 0-85199-826-7. 

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