''Wuestneia'' is a genus of fungi within the

Melanconidaceae The ''Melanconidaceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Diaporthales, class Sordariomycetes. Genera The following is a list of genera within the Melanconidaceae, according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota. The placement of '' Gibellia'' in t ...

family. The genus was

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Bernhard Auerswald Bernhard Auerswald (1818–1870) was a German mycologist and professor from Leipzig. He participated as chief correspondent of botany, sending specimens that his colleague Heinrich Moritz Willkomm Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (29 June 1821, Herwigs ...

Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel (3 February 1821 – 8 May 1876) was a German botanist who worked largely on fungi. He worked as an apothecary from 1836 to 1852, afterwards deriving income from a vineyard he owned in Oestrich im Rheingau.< ...

in Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg vol,13 on page 177 in 1859 (Secondary Literature). The genus name of ''Wuestneia'' is in honour of Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei (1810–1858), who was a German teacher and also

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and

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. He taught Mathematics and Natural Sciences in schools in Schwerin, Germany.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum; * ''

Wuestneia acericola ''Wuestneia'' is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae family. The genus was circumscribed by Bernhard Auerswald ex Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg vol,13 on page 177 in 1859 (Secondar ...

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Wuestneia beltsvillensis ''Wuestneia'' is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae family. The genus was circumscribed by Bernhard Auerswald ex Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg vol,13 on page 177 in 1859 (Secondar ...

'' * '' Wuestneia campanulata'' * '' Wuestneia chrysostroma'' * '' Wuestneia epispora'' * '' Wuestneia eucalyptorum'' * '' Wuestneia fusca'' * '' Wuestneia guajavae'' * '' Wuestneia karwarrae'' * '' Wuestneia molokaiensis'' * ''

Wuestneia paucispora ''Wuestneia'' is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae family. The genus was circumscribed by Bernhard Auerswald ex Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg vol,13 on page 177 in 1859 (Secondar ...

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Wuestneia punctistoma ''Wuestneia'' is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae family. The genus was circumscribed by Bernhard Auerswald ex Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg vol,13 on page 177 in 1859 (Secondar ...

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Wuestneia tetraspora ''Wuestneia'' is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae family. The genus was circumscribed by Bernhard Auerswald ex Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg vol,13 on page 177 in 1859 (Secondar ...

'' Former species; * ''W. aurea'' = ''Wuestneia chrysostroma'' * ''W. compta'' = '' Cryptosporella compta'',

Gnomoniaceae Gnomoniaceae is a family of fungi in the order Diaporthales. The family was circumscribed by German botanist Heinrich Georg Winter in 1886. Genera As accepted by GBIF: * '' Alnecium'' (2) * '' Ambarignomonia'' (2) * '' Anisogramma'' (6) * ...

* ''W. farinosa'' = '' Harknessia farinosa'', Harknessiaceae * ''W. hypodermia'' = '' Cryptosporella hypodermia'', Gnomoniaceae * ''W. karvarrae'' = ''Wuestneia karwarrae'' * ''W. fibrosa'' = '' Diaporthe fibrosa'' * ''W. sphinctrina'' = '' Anthostoma dryophilum'',

Diatrypaceae The ''Diatrypaceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Xylariales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family has 13 genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as wel ...

* ''W. stilbostoma'' = ''

Melanconis stilbostoma ''Melanconis'' is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae The ''Melanconidaceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Diaporthales, class Sordariomycetes. Genera The following is a list of genera within the Melanconidaceae, according to th ...

'',

* ''W. suffusa'' = '' Cryptosporella suffusa'', Gnomoniaceae * ''W. tessera'' = '' Diaporthe tessera'' * ''W. xanthostroma'' = ''Wuestneia chrysostroma'' * ''W. xanthostroma'' var. ''dearnessii'' = ''Wuestneia chrysostroma''

References

External links

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