Thielavia

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Thielavia
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Thielavia

Zopf (1876)
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Thielavia basicola
Zopf (1871)

Thielavia is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetomiaceae. Circumscribed by German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1876, [1] Thielavia is a teleomorph of Myceliophthora . [2] Collectively, the genus is widely distributed, and according to a 2008 estimate, contained 31 species. [3] Thielavia heterothallica and T.  terrestris can cause infections in humans. [2]

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The genus name of Thielavia is in honour of Friedrich Joachim Sigismund von Thielau (1796–1870), who was a German forester and landowner in Breslau. [4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum; [5]

Former species; [5] (assume family Chaetomiaceae if not mentioned)

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References

  1. Zopf W. (1872). "Thielavia basicola Zopf. Genus novum Perisporiacearum". Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder. 18: 101–5.
  2. 1 2 Liu D. (2011). "Myceliopthora and Thielavia". Molecular Detection of Human Fungal Pathogens. CRC Press. pp. 445–. ISBN   978-1-4398-1240-2.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 688. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 "Thielavia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 November 2022.