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] (1849)
Type species
Kretzschmaria clavus
(Fr.) Sacc. (1883)
Synonyms

Kretzschmaria is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae.[2] The genus, circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1849, contains about 30 species that collectively have a widespread distribution.[3]

Species

References

  1. Fries EM (1849). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae. p. 409.
  2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  3. Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 354. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.


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