Nothojafnea

Nothojafnea is a genus of two species of cup fungi. It was originally described by Indonesian mycologist Mien Achmad Rifai in 1968 to contain the type species Nothojafnea cryptotricha, found in Australia.^[1] N. thaxteri, known from Chile and Argentina, was added to the genus in 1971.^[2] Both species are thought to be ectomycorrhizal; N. cryptotricha associates with Myrtaceae, while N. thaxteri is found with Nothofagus.^[3]

Nothojafnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Nothojafnea Rifai (1968)
Type species
Nothojafnea cryptotricha Rifai (1968)
Species
Nothojafnea cryptotricha Nothojafnea thaxteri

Nothojafnea is traditionally classified in the family Pyronemataceae,^[4] due to its ornamented spores and apothecial hairs.^[1] Recent molecular evidence suggests that the South American N. thaxteri represents an early diverging lineage in the Tuberaceae, closely related to the Australasian genera Reddellomyces, Labyrinthomyces, and Dingleya.^[3]