Kirschsteiniothelia D. Hawksw., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 91: 182 (1985).
MycoBank number: MB 25723; Index Fungorum number: IF 25723; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08040; 24 morphological species (Bao et al. 2018; Species Fungorum 2020), 11 species with molecular data.
Type species: Kirschsteiniothelia aethiops (Sacc.) D. Hawksw., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 91(1–2): 185 (1985).
Notes: Kirschsteiniothelia has little DNA sequence data for Kirschsteiniothelia species available in GenBank, thus, more collections and sequence data are needed (Fig. 39).
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Fig. 39 The sexual morph characters of Kirschsteiniothelia spp. a, b Appearance of ascomata on host surface. c, d Section through ascoma. e, f Peridium. i, j Immature asci. k, l Asci. m–s Ascospores. Note: a, c, e, g, i, k, m–p = Kirschsteiniothelia lignicola (holotype); b, d, f, h, j, l, q–s = Kirschsteiniothelia emarceis (holotype)
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