Ainsworthia


Ainsworthia is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetothyriaceae.
The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Raffaele Ciferri in Sydowia Beih. vol.3 on page 4 in 1962.
The genus name of Ainsworthia is in honour of Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth, who was a British mycologist and scientific historian.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;Ainsworthia lecythidacearum Ainsworthia oblongotheca Ainsworthia psidii Ainsworthia roraimensis Ainsworthia smilacina Ainsworthia zanthoxyli
Former species;A. morindae = Phaeosaccardinula morindae, ChaetothyriaceaeA. negeriana = Teichosporella negeriana, Dothideomycetes familyA. seaveriana = Phaeosaccardinula seaveriana, Chaetothyriaceae