''Rosellinia'' is a genus of fungi in the family

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consisting of over 90 species. Several of the species in this genus are

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. Fossils of ''Rosellinia'' have been found in 12 million year old rocks from central England. The genus was

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by Giuseppe De Notaris in Giorn. Bot. Ital. vol.1 (Issue 1) on page 334 in 1844. The genus name of ''Rosellinia'' is in honour of Ferdinando Pio Rosellini (1814–1872), who was an Italian mathematician and

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Species

This is a complete listing of all currently accepted species in ''Rosellinia'', based on the 2005 study by Petrini and Petrini. '' R. abscondita'' — '' R. aquila'' — '' R. arcuata'' — '' R. asperata'' — '' R. beccariana'' — '' R. bicolor'' — '' R. bonaerensis'' — '' R. bothryna'' — '' R. breensis'' — '' R. brevifissurata'' — '' R. britannica'' — '' R. bunodes'' — '' R. buxi'' — '' R. canzacotoana'' — '' R. caudata'' — '' R. chusqueae'' — '' R. communis'' — '' R. congesta'' — '' R. corticium'' — '' R. culmicola'' — '' R. decipiens'' — '' R. desmacutispora'' — '' R. desmazieresii'' — '' R. diathrausta'' — '' R. dingleyae'' — '' R. dolichospora'' — '' R. emergens'' — '' R. erianthi'' — '' R. etrusca'' — '' R. eucalypticola'' — '' R. euterpes'' — '' R. evansii'' — '' R. formosana'' — '' R. franciscae'' — '' R. freycinetiae'' — '' R. gigantea'' — '' R. gigaspora'' — '' R. gisborniae'' — '' R. glabra'' — '' R. griseo-cincta'' — '' R. helvetica'' — '' R. herpotrichoides'' — '' R. horrida'' — '' R. hughesii'' — '' R. hyalospora'' — '' R. immersa'' — '' R. indica'' — '' R. johnstonii'' — '' R. lamprostoma'' — '' R. longispora'' — '' R. macdonaldii'' — '' R. macrosperma'' — '' R. macrospora'' — '' R. mammiformis'' — '' R. mammoidea'' — '' R. markhamiae'' — '' R. mastoidiformis'' — '' R. medullaris'' — '' R. megaloecia'' — '' R. megalosperma'' — '' R. megalospora'' — '' R. merillii'' — '' R. mimosae'' — '' R. musispora'' — '' R. mycophila'' — '' R. necatrix'' — '' R. nectrioides'' — '' R. nothofagi'' — '' R. novae-zelandiae'' — '' R. palmae'' — '' R. paraguayensis'' — '' R. pardalios'' — '' R. pepo'' — '' R. perusensis'' — '' R. petrakii'' — '' R. petrinii'' — '' R. picta'' — '' R. procera'' — '' R. puiggiarii'' — '' R. radiciperda'' — '' R. rhopalostilicola'' — '' R. rhypara'' — '' R. rickii'' — '' R. saccardii'' — '' R. samuelsii'' — '' R. sancta-cruciana'' — '' R. stenasca'' — '' R. subiculata'' — '' R. subsimilis'' — '' R. thelena'' — '' R. thelena var. microspora'' — '' R. thindii'' — '' R. victoriae''

References

External links

Rosellinia at Pyrenomycetes of Southwestern France
Descriptions and photos of many European species. {{Taxonbar, from=Q2343436 Xylariales Sordariomycetes genera Taxa named by Giuseppe De Notaris Taxa described in 1844