Biology:Knufia

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Knufia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Chaetothyriales
Family: Trichomeriaceae
Genus: Knufia
L.J.Hutchison & Unter. (1996)

Knufia is a genus of fungi in the family Trichomeriaceae.[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Leonard Hutchison and Wendy Untereiner in 1996, with Knufia cryptophialidica assigned as the type species.[2]

Species

(As of August 2022), Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 13 species of Knufia,[3] although this number does not include some species described in 2020 and 2021.

  • Knufia aspidioti F.He & Xing Z.Liu (2013)
  • Knufia calcicola L.Su, W.Sun & M.C.Xiang (2020)
  • Knufia chersonesos (Bogom. & Minter) Tsuneda, Hambl. & Currah (2011)
  • Knufia cryptophialidica L.J.Hutchison & Unter. (1996)
  • Knufia endospora Tsuneda & Currah (2006)
  • Knufia epidermidis (D.M.Li, de Hoog, Saunte & X.R.Chen) Tsuneda, Hambl. & Currah (2011)
  • Knufia karalitana Isola & Onofri (2019)
  • Knufia marmoricola Onofri & Zucconi (2019)
  • Knufia mediterranea Selbmann & Zucconi (2019)
  • Knufia peltigerae (Fuckel) Réblová & Unter. (2013)
  • Knufia perfecta Mehrabi, Asgari & Hemmati (2017)
  • Knufia perforans (Sterfl.) Tsuneda, Hambl. & Currah (2011)
  • Knufia petricola (Wollenz. & de Hoog) Gorbushina & Gueidan (2013)
  • Knufia separata L.Su, W.Sun & M.C.Xiang (2020)
  • Knufia tsunedae Madrid, Guarro & Crous (2013)
  • Knufia walvisbayicola Crous (2021)

References

  1. Chomnunti, Putarak; Bhat, D. J.; Gareth Jones, E. B.; Chukeatirote, Ekachai; Bahkali, Ali H.; Hyde, Kevin D. (2012). "Trichomeriaceae, a new sooty mould family of Chaetothyriales". Fungal Diversity 56: 63–76. doi:10.1007/s13225-012-0197-2. 
  2. Hutchison, Leonard J.; Untereiner, Wendy A.; Hiratsuka, Yasuyuki (1995). "Knufia cryptophialidica gen. et sp. nov., a dematiaceous hyphomycete isolated from black galls of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides)". Mycologia 87 (6): 902–908. doi:10.1080/00275514.1995.12026613. 
  3. Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Knufia". Catalog of Life Version 2022-07-12. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/58LH. 

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