Name:		Karstenula Speg., (1879) page no. 94 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Staurosphaeria Rabenh. (1858)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Melanommataceae G. Winter [Family] Pleosporales Luttr. ex M.E. Barr [Order] Pleosporomycetidae C.L. Schoch, Spatafora, Crous & Shoemaker [Subclass] Dothideomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Karstenula adenocarpi Urries Karstenula alnicola Petr. Karstenula americana (Ellis & Everh.) M.E. Barr Karstenula antiqua (Ellis & Everh.) M.E. Barr Karstenula calligoni Frolov Karstenula capparidis Petr. Karstenula capparis Petr. Karstenula carpinicola (Ellis & Everh.) Berl. Karstenula ceanothi (Dearn. & House) M.E. Barr Karstenula dumorum Mouton Karstenula fusispora (Petr.) M.E. Barr Karstenula guttulata Frolov Karstenula hirta (Fr.) Höhn. Karstenula mezerei Petr. Karstenula moravica (Rehm) Petr. Karstenula multiseptata (Starbäck) M.E. Barr Karstenula pallida (Ellis & Everh.) M.E. Barr Karstenula philadelphi Oudem. Karstenula rhodostoma (Alb. & Schwein.) Speg. Karstenula rhodothamni Petr. Karstenula rousseliana (Sacc. & Speg.) M.E. Barr Karstenula rubelloides (Plowr.) M.E. Barr Karstenula rubicunda (Niessl) M.E. Barr Karstenula shepherdiae (Peck) M.E. Barr Karstenula sorbicola Petr. Karstenula stilbostoma (Ellis & Everh.) M.E. Barr Karstenula straminis (Sacc. & Speg.) M.E. Barr Karstenula syringae (Ellis & Everh.) M.E. Barr Karstenula tuberculata (Rehm) M.E. Barr Karstenula umbonata (Ellis & Everh.) M.E. Barr Karstenula varians (Hazsl.) Sacc.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (1 record)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]