Karstenia is a genus of fungi in the order Rhytismatales. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.

The genus name of Karstenia is in honour of Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917), who was a Finnish born mycologist.

Karstenia

The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. vol.2 (issue 6) on page 166 in 1885.

Karstenia

Species

Karstenia clematidis (W.Phillips) Sherwood 1980 – Great Britain

Karstenia corticoides (Pat.) Sherwood 1977

Karstenia gregaria Graddon 1986 – Great Britain

Karstenia idaei (Fuckel) Sherwood 1977

Karstenia inconspicua Wilberf. 1999

Karstenia lonicerae (Velen.) Sherwood 1977

Karstenia macer (P.Karst.) Sherwood 1980

Karstenia maydis (Rehm) Sherwood 1980

Karstenia rubicola (Ellis & Dearn.) Sherwood 1980

Karstenia sorbina (P.Karst.) P.Karst. 1885

References

Leotiomycetes genera

Leotiomycetes

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