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]

Thielavia
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Thielavia

Zopf (1876)
Type species
Thielavia basicola
Zopf (1871)

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

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[5]

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

References

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  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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Thielavia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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