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;
Former species;