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Knufia

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Knufia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Chaetothyriales
Family: Trichomeriaceae
Genus: Knufia
L.J.Hutchison & Unter. (1996)

Knufia is a genus of fungi in the family Trichomeriaceae.[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Leonard Hutchison and Wendy Untereiner in 1996, with Knufia cryptophialidica assigned as the type species.[2]

Species

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As of August 2022, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 13 species of Knufia,[3] although this number does not include some species described in 2020 and 2021.

References

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  1. ^ Chomnunti, Putarak; Bhat, D. J.; Gareth Jones, E. B.; Chukeatirote, Ekachai; Bahkali, Ali H.; Hyde, Kevin D. (2012). "Trichomeriaceae, a new sooty mould family of Chaetothyriales". Fungal Diversity. 56: 63–76. doi:10.1007/s13225-012-0197-2. S2CID 256070808.
  2. ^ Hutchison, Leonard J.; Untereiner, Wendy A.; Hiratsuka, Yasuyuki (1995). "Knufia cryptophialidica gen. et sp. nov., a dematiaceous hyphomycete isolated from black galls of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides)". Mycologia. 87 (6): 902–908. doi:10.1080/00275514.1995.12026613.
  3. ^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Knufia". Catalog of Life Version 2022-07-12. Retrieved 30 August 2022.