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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Chaetothyriales |
| Family: | Chaetothyriaceae |
| Genus: | Ainsworthia Bat. & Cif. 1962 |
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 (1905–1998), who was a British mycologist and scientific historian.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;
- Ainsworthia lecythidacearum Bat., J.L. Bezerra & Peres (1964)
- Ainsworthia oblongotheca A.A. Silva (1964)
- Ainsworthia psidii Bat., J.L. Bezerra & Poroca (1966)
- Ainsworthia roraimensis Bat. & Cavalc. (1966)
- Ainsworthia smilacina Bat. & A.F. Vital (1962)
- Ainsworthia zanthoxyli Bat. & C.A.A. Costa (1962)
Former species;
- A. morindae (J.M. Mend.) Bat. (1962) = Phaeosaccardinula morindae, Chaetothyriaceae
- A. negeriana (Sacc., Syd. & P. Syd.) Bat. & Cif. (1962) = Teichosporella negeriana, Dothideomycetes family
- A. seaveriana (Toro) Bat. & Cif. (1962) = Phaeosaccardinula seaveriana, Chaetothyriaceae
References
- Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- "Ainsworthia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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