Cordana
Cordana is an ascomycete fungus genus. In 2020, it was placed within the monotypic family of Cordanaceae, and within the order Coniochaetales.
The genus name of Cordana is in honour of August Carl Joseph Corda, who was a Czech physician and mycologist.
The genus was circumscribed by Carl Gottlieb Traugott Preuss in Linnaea Vol.24 on pages 100 and 129 in 1851.
Species
There are about 24 known species;Cordana abramovii Cordana andinopatagonica Cordana aquatica Cordana bambusae Cordana bisbyi Cordana boothii Cordana crassa Cordana ellipsoidea Cordana gilibertiae Cordana inaequalis Cordana indica Cordana lignicola Cordana lithuanica Cordana lushanensis Cordana meilingensis Cordana mercadoana Cordana oblongispora Cordana pauciseptata Cordana semaniae Cordana sinensis Cordana solitaria Cordana terrestris Cordana uniseptata Cordana verruculosaFormer species;C. abramovii var. seychellensis = Cordana abramoviiC. johnstonii = Neocordana johnstonii, Pyriculariaceae familyC. miniumbonata = Pleurophragmium miniumbonatum, AscomycotaC. musae = Neocordana musae, PyriculariaceaeC. parvispora = Dactylaria parvispora, Helotiales orderC. polyseptata = Brachysporium polyseptatum, TrichosphaeriaceaeC. triseptata = Exserticlava triseptata, AscomycotaC. vasiformis = Exserticlava vasiformis, AscomycotaC. versicolor = Neocordana versicolor, Pyriculariaceae