Keinstirschia

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Keinstirschia
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Keinstirschia

J.Reid & C.Booth (1989)
Type species
Keinstirschia megalosperma
(Kirschst.) J.Reid & C.Booth (1989)

Keinstirschia is a genus of fungi in the order Diaporthales, class Sordariomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown ( incertae sedis ). [1] A monotypic genus, Keinstirschia contains the single species Keinstirschia megalosperma, originally described as Cryptosporella megalosperma by German mycologist Wilhelm Kirschstein in 1939.

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References

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