''Ainsworthia'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Chaetothyriaceae.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Augusto Chaves Batista and
Raffaele Ciferri in Sydowia Beih. vol.3 on page 4 in 1962.
The genus name of ''Ainsworthia'' is in honour of
Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905–1998), who was a British mycologist and scientific historian.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
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;
* ''
Ainsworthia lecythidacearum''
* ''
Ainsworthia oblongotheca''
* ''
Ainsworthia psidii''
* ''
Ainsworthia roraimensis''
* ''
Ainsworthia smilacina''
* ''
Ainsworthia zanthoxyli''
Former species;
* ''A. morindae'' = ''
Phaeosaccardinula morindae'', Chaetothyriaceae
* ''A. negeriana'' = ''
Teichosporella negeriana'',
Dothideomycetes family
* ''A. seaveriana'' = ''
Phaeosaccardinula seaveriana'', Chaetothyriaceae
References
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Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiomycetes genera