Kernia

Kernia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Microascales
Family:	Microascaceae
Genus:	Kernia Nieuwl.
Type species
Kernia nitida (Sacc.) Nieuwl.

Kernia is a genus of fungi in the family Microascaceae. ^[1]

The genus name of Kernia is in honour of Frank Dunn Kern (1883–1973), who was an American plant pathologist and university administrator. He was a faculty member of Pennsylvania State University. ^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Julius Nieuwland in 1916.

Known species

According to GBIF; ^[3]

• Kernia bifurcotrichaA.S.Saxena & Mukerji
• Kernia brachytricha(L.M.Ames) R.K.Benj.
• Kernia cauquensisCalviello
• Kernia columnaris(H.J.Swart) Woudenb. & Samson
• Kernia furcotrichaTandon & Bilgrami
• Kernia geniculotrichaSeth
• Kernia hippocrepidaMalloch & Cain
• Kernia irregularisLodha
• Kernia nitida(Sacc.) Nieuwl.
• Kernia ovata(C.Booth) Malloch & Cain
• Kernia pachypleuraMalloch & Cain
• Kernia peruvianaUdagawa & Furuya
• Kernia retardataUdagawa & T.Muroi
• Kernia setadispermaLocq.-Lin.

References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 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.
3. "Kernia Nieuwl". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

External links

• Index Fungorum