Kirschsteiniothelia is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).[1]

Kirschsteiniothelia
Kirschsteiniothelia aethiops on dead wood of Fagus sylvatica
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Kirschsteiniothelia

D.Hawksw. (1985)
Type species
Kirschsteiniothelia aethiops
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) D.Hawksw. (1985)

The genus name of Kirschsteiniothelia is in honour of Wilhelm Kirschstein (1863 - 1946), who was a German schoolteacher and mycologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by David Leslie Hawksworth in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. vol.91 on page 182 in 1985.

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References

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  1. ^ "Myconet". Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  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.