Jahnula is a genus of aquatic fungi in the family Aliquandostipitaceae.[1] The genus was first named by Wilhelm Kirschstein in 1936.[2]
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J. purpurea | |
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Genus: | Jahnula Kirschst. (1936)
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Jahnula aquatica (Plöttn. & Kirschst.) Kirschst. (1936)
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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.
There are about 15 species;[4]