Ainsworthia

Ainsworthia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Chaetothyriales
Family:	Chaetothyriaceae
Genus:	Ainsworthia ; Bat. & Cif. 1962

Last updated February 11, 2024

Ainsworthia is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetothyriaceae.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Raffaele Ciferri in Sydowia Beih. vol.3 on page 4 in 1962.

The genus name of Ainsworthia is in honour of Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905–1998), who was a British mycologist and scientific historian.^[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

Ainsworthia lecythidacearum Bat., J.L. Bezerra & Peres (1964)
Ainsworthia oblongotheca A.A. Silva (1964)
Ainsworthia psidii Bat., J.L. Bezerra & Poroca (1966)
Ainsworthia roraimensis Bat. & Cavalc. (1966)
Ainsworthia smilacina Bat. & A.F. Vital (1962)
Ainsworthia zanthoxyli Bat. & C.A.A. Costa (1962)

Former species;

A. morindae(J.M. Mend.) Bat. (1962) = Phaeosaccardinula morindae , Chaetothyriaceae
A. negeriana(Sacc., Syd. & P. Syd.) Bat. & Cif. (1962) = Teichosporella negeriana , Dothideomycetes family
A. seaveriana(Toro) Bat. & Cif. (1962) = Phaeosaccardinula seaveriana , Chaetothyriaceae

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References

↑ 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 2009-03-18.
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
↑ "Ainsworthia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

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[Lumbsch2007-1] 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 2009-03-18.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[Fungorum-3] "Ainsworthia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

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