Nais (fungus)

Naïs is a genus of fungi in the family Halosphaeriaceae. The genus, which contains two species,[1] was circumscribed by mycologist Jan Kohlmeyer in 1962 to contain Naïs inornata.[2] N. aquatica was described from submerged wood collected in north Queensland, Australia in 1992.[3]

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Nais

Kohlm. (1962)
Type species
Naïs inornata
Kohlm. (1962)
Species

N. aquatica
N. inornata

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 459. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  2. Kohlmeyer J. (1962). "Halophile Pilze von den Ufern Frankreichs". Nova Hedwigia (in German). 4: 389–420.
  3. Hyde KD. (1992). "Tropical Australian freshwater fungi 2. Annulatascus velatispora gen. et sp. nov., A. bipolaris sp. nov. and Nais aquatica sp. nov. (Ascomycetes)". Australian Systematic Botany. 5: 117–24. doi:10.1071/SB9920117.


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