Zopfiella Explained

Zopfiella is a genus of fungi within the Lasiosphaeriaceae family.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Heinrich Georg Winter in Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl. ed.2, vol.1 (2) on page 56 in 1884.

The genus name of Zopfiella is in honour of Friedrich (or Friederich) Wilhelm Zopf (1846–1909), who was a well-known German botanist and mycologist. He dedicated to his whole life with fungal biology, particularly in classification of fungi and dye production in fungi and lichens.^[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Zopfiella attenuata
• Zopfiella cephalothecoidea
• Zopfiella ebriosa
• Zopfiella erostrata
• Zopfiella flammifera
• Zopfiella indica
• Zopfiella inermis
• Zopfiella latipes
• Zopfiella lundqvistii
• Zopfiella neogenica
• Zopfiella ovina
• Zopfiella pleuropora
• Zopfiella submersa
• Zopfiella tabulata
• Zopfiella tardifaciens
• Zopfiella udagawae

Former species;^[3]

• Z. backusii = Triangularia backusii, Podosporaceae family
• Z. carbonaria = Jugulospora carbonaria, Neoschizotheciaceae
• Z. curvata = Diffractella curvata, Sordariales
• Z. karachiensis = Lundqvistomyces karachiensis, Schizotheciaceae
• Z. leucotricha = Cladorrhinum leucotrichum, Podosporaceae
• Z. longicaudata = Triangularia longicaudata, Podosporaceae
• Z. macrospora = Podospora macrospora, Podosporaceae
• Z. marina = Pseudorhypophila marina, Naviculisporaceae
• Z. matsushimae = Triangularia matsushimae, Podosporaceae
• Z. pilifera = Pseudorhypophila pilifera, Naviculisporaceae
• Z. tanzaniensis = Lundqvistomyces tanzaniensis, Schizotheciaceae
• Z. tetraspora = Triangularia tetraspora, Podosporaceae

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota  - 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1–58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . March 18, 2009 .
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
3. Web site: Zopfiella - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 22 December 2022.