Kretzschmaria is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae.[2] The genus, circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1849, contains about 30 species that collectively have a widespread distribution.[3] Fossils of Kretzschmaria have been found in the 12 million year old rocks from central England.[4]
| Kretzschmaria | |
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| Wood decay caused by Kretzschmaria deusta infection | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Xylariales |
| Family: | Xylariaceae |
| Genus: | Kretzschmaria Fr.[1] (1849) |
| Type species | |
| Kretzschmaria clavus | |
| Synonyms | |
Species
edit- Kretzschmaria albogrisea
- Kretzschmaria argentinensis
- Kretzschmaria aspinifera
- Kretzschmaria bengalensis
- Kretzschmaria cetrarioides
- Kretzschmaria chardoniana
- Kretzschmaria clavus
- Kretzschmaria colensoi
- Kretzschmaria curvirima
- Kretzschmaria deusta
- Kretzschmaria eriodendri
- Kretzschmaria guyanensis
- Kretzschmaria knysnana
- Kretzschmaria lucidula
- Kretzschmaria macrosperma
- Kretzschmaria megalospora
- Kretzschmaria micropus
- Kretzschmaria milleri
- Kretzschmaria neocaledonica
- Kretzschmaria orientalis
- Kretzschmaria parvistroma
- Kretzschmaria pavimentosa
- Kretzschmaria phoenicis
- Kretzschmaria rehmii
- Kretzschmaria sandvicense
- Kretzschmaria sigmoidirima
- Kretzschmaria tuckeri
- Kretzschmaria varians
- Kretzschmaria verrucosa
- Kretzschmaria zelandica
- Kretzschmaria zonata
References
edit- ^ Fries EM (1849). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae. p. 409.
- ^ 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 March 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Pound, Matthew J.; Nuñez Otaño, Noelia B.; Romero, Ingrid C.; Lim, Michael; Riding, James B.; O’Keefe, Jennifer M. K. (2022). "The fungal ecology of the Brassington Formation (Middle Miocene) of Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and a new method for palaeoclimate reconstruction". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.947623. ISSN 2296-701X.