Karsteniomyces
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| Karsteniomyces | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Karsteniomyces D.Hawksw. (1980) |
| Species[1] | |
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]
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]
- Karsteniomyces llimonae Boqueras & Diederich (1993)[4]
- Karsteniomyces peltigerae (P.Karst.) D.Hawksw. (1980)
- Karsteniomyces tuberculosus Alstrup & D.Hawksw. (1990)[5] – Greenland
