Nothojafnea
Genus of fungi
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Nothojafnea is a genus of two species of cup fungi. It was originally described by Indonesian mycologist Mien Achmad Rifai in 1968 to contain the type species Nothojafnea cryptotricha, found in Australia.[1] N. thaxteri, known from Chile and Argentina, was added to the genus in 1971.[2] Both species are thought to be ectomycorrhizal; N. cryptotricha associates with Myrtaceae, while N. thaxteri is found with Nothofagus.[3]
| Nothojafnea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pyronemataceae |
| Genus: | Nothojafnea Rifai (1968) |
| Type species | |
| Nothojafnea cryptotricha Rifai (1968) | |
| Species | |
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Nothojafnea cryptotricha | |
Nothojafnea is traditionally classified in the family Pyronemataceae,[4] due to its ornamented spores and apothecial hairs.[1] Recent molecular evidence suggests that the South American N. thaxteri represents an early diverging lineage in the Tuberaceae, closely related to the Australasian genera Reddellomyces, Labyrinthomyces, and Dingleya.[3]
