Zopfia

Zopfia is a genus of fungi in the family Zopfiaceae.[1] The widespread genus contained 5 species,[2] until another species was accepted.[3]

Zopfia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Dothideomycetes
Order:
Pleosporales
Family:
Zopfiaceae
Genus:
Zopfia

Rabenh. (1874)
Type species
Zopfia rhizophila
Rabenh. (1887)
Synonyms

Pontoporeia Kohlm. (1963)

The genus was circumscribed by Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in Fungi europ. exsicc. no. 1734. in 1874.

The genus name of Zopfia 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.[4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

  • Zopfia albiziae M.L. Farr (1964)
  • Zopfia caricis-firmae Nograsek (1990)
  • Zopfia pakistanica Matsush. (1995)
  • Zopfia rhizophila Rabenh. (1874)
  • Zopfia rosatii Segretain & Destombes ex D. Hawksw. & C. Booth (1974)
  • Zopfia saitoi Minoura & T. Muroi (1978)

Former species;[3]

  • Z. bilgramii D. Hawksw., C. Booth & Morgan-Jones (1974) = Ulospora bilgramii, Testudinaceae
  • Z. biturbinata (Durieu & Mont.) Malloch & Cain (1972) = Pontoporeia biturbinata, Zopfiaceae
  • Z. boudieri Arnaud (1913) = Rechingeriella boudieri, Zopfiaceae
  • Z. cunninghamiae D. Hawksw. & C. Booth (1974) = Neotestudina cunninghamiae, Testudinaceae
  • Z. duplicispora (J.D. Janse) Malloch & Cain (1972) = Celtidia duplicispora, Zopfiaceae
  • Z. insignis (Petr.) D. Hawksw. & C. Booth (1974) = Rechingeriella insignis, Zopfiaceae
  • Z. nicotiae (Parg.-Leduc) D. Hawksw. & C. Booth (1974) = Lepidosphaeria nicotiae, Testudinaceae
  • Z. punctata D. Hawksw. & C. Booth (1974) = Zopfiofoveola punctata, Zopfiaceae
  • Z. terrestris (Bizz.) D. Hawksw. & C. Booth (1974) = Testudina terrestris, Testudinaceae
  • Z. variospora (Boud.) Arnaud (1913) = Richonia variospora, Zopfiaceae

References
  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 743. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. "Zopfia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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