Litschauerella is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Hydnodontaceae. The widely distributed genus contains four species.[1] The genus was described by German mycologist Franz Oberwinkler in 1965.[2] The name commemorates Austrian mycologist Viktor Litschauer (1879–1939).[3]

Litschauerella
Litschauerella clematitis
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Litschauerella

Oberw. (1965)
Type species
Litschauerella abietis
(Bourdot & Galzin) Oberw. ex Jülich (1979)
Species

L. abietis
L. clematitis
L. gladiola
L. hastata

References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 390. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Oberwinkler F. (1965). "Primitive Basidiomyceten. Revision einiger Formenkreise von Basidienpilzen mit plastischer Basidie". Sydowia (in German). 19 (1–6): 1–72 (see p. 43).
  3. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications