Jahnula

Jahnula is a genus of aquatic fungi in the family Aliquandostipitaceae.^[1] The genus was first named by Wilhelm Kirschstein in 1936.^[2]

Jahnula
J. purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Jahnulales
Family:	Aliquandostipitaceae
Genus:	Jahnula Kirschst. (1936)
Type species
Jahnula aquatica (Plöttn. & Kirschst.) Kirschst. (1936)

The genus name of Jahnula is in honour of Eduard Adolf Wilhelm Jahn (1871–1942), German botanist (Mycology) and teacher in Berlin.^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Wilhelm Kirschstein in Ann. Mycol. vol.34 on page 196 in 1936.

Species

There are about 15 species;^[4]

• Jahnula apiospora
• Jahnula appendiculata
• Jahnula aquatica
• Jahnula australiensis
• Jahnula bipileata
• Jahnula bipolaris
• Jahnula granulosa
• Jahnula morakotii
• Jahnula poonythii
• Jahnula potamophila
• Jahnula purpurea
• Jahnula rostrata
• Jahnula sangamonensis
• Jahnula seychellensis
• Jahnula siamensis
• Jahnula systyla