Karsteniomyces
Genus of fungi
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Karsteniomyces is a genus of lichenicolous fungi of unknown familial, ordinal, and class placement in the Ascomycota.[1] The genus was circumscribed by David Leslie Hawksworth in 1980.[2] The species of this genus are found in Europe.[1]
| Karsteniomyces | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Karsteniomyces D.Hawksw. (1980) |
| Species[1] | |
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K. llimonae | |
The genus name of Karsteniomyces is in honour of Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917), who was a Finnish born mycologist.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by David Leslie Hawksworth in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) vol.9 (Issue 1) on page 22 in 1981.
Species known;.[1]
