Thozetella


Thozetella is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetosphaeriaceae. This has been confirmed with analyse of 3 genes and morphological comparison.
Type species, Thozetella nivea is saprobic on submerged decaying wood in freshwater in Thailand.
Species Thozetella pinicola was found on leaf litter of Pinus elliottii in Hong Kong. Species Thozetella pandanicola is found on members of the Pandanaceae family with other micro-fungi species in China and Thailand. Species Thozetella aculeata was found on leaf litter in Brazil.
The genus was circumscribed by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in Revis. gen. pl. vol.2 on page 873 in 1891.
The genus name of Thozetella is in honour of Anthelme Thozet, who was a French-Australian botanist and ethnographer.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;Thozetella acerosa Thozetella aculeata Thozetella bambusicola Thozetella boonjiensis Thozetella buxifolia Thozetella canadensis Thozetella capitata Thozetella coronata Thozetella cristata Thozetella cubensis Thozetella effusa Thozetella fabacearum Thozetella falcata Thozetella gigantea Thozetella havanensis Thozetella lithocarpi Thozetella neonivea Thozetella nivea Thozetella pandanicola Thozetella pindobacuensis Thozetella pinicola Thozetella queenslandica Thozetella radicata Thozetella serrata Thozetella submersa Thozetella tocklaiensis