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Kretzschmaria

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Kretzschmaria
Wood decay caused by Kretzschmaria deusta infection
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Xylariaceae
Genus: Kretzschmaria
Fr.[1] (1849)
Type species
Kretzschmaria clavus
(Fr.) Sacc. (1883)
Synonyms

Kretzschmaria is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae.[2] The genus, circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1849, contains about 30 species that collectively have a widespread distribution.[3] Fossils of Kretzschmaria have been found in the 12 million year old rocks from central England.[4]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Fries EM (1849). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae. p. 409.
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  3. ^ Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. ^ Pound, Matthew J.; Nuñez Otaño, Noelia B.; Romero, Ingrid C.; Lim, Michael; Riding, James B.; O’Keefe, Jennifer M. K. (2022). "The fungal ecology of the Brassington Formation (Middle Miocene) of Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and a new method for palaeoclimate reconstruction". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.947623. ISSN 2296-701X.