Wuestneia
Wuestneia is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae family.
The genus was circumscribed by Bernhard Auerswald ex Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg vol,13 on page 177 in 1859.
The genus name of Wuestneia is in honour of Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei, who was a German teacher and also botanist and Entomologist. He taught Mathematics and Natural Sciences in schools in Schwerin, Germany.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;Wuestneia acericola Wuestneia beltsvillensis Wuestneia campanulata Wuestneia chrysostroma Wuestneia epispora Wuestneia eucalyptorum Wuestneia fusca Wuestneia guajavae Wuestneia karwarrae Wuestneia molokaiensis Wuestneia paucispora Wuestneia punctistoma Wuestneia tetrasporaFormer species;W. aurea = Wuestneia chrysostromaW. compta = Cryptosporella compta, GnomoniaceaeW. farinosa = Harknessia farinosa, HarknessiaceaeW. hypodermia = Cryptosporella hypodermia, GnomoniaceaeW. karvarrae = Wuestneia karwarraeW. fibrosa = Diaporthe fibrosaW. sphinctrina = Anthostoma dryophilum, DiatrypaceaeW. stilbostoma = Melanconis stilbostoma, MelanconidaceaeW. suffusa = Cryptosporella suffusa, GnomoniaceaeW. tessera = Diaporthe tesseraW. xanthostroma = Wuestneia chrysostromaW. xanthostroma var. dearnessii = ''Wuestneia chrysostroma''