# Delitschia

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***Delitschia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of fungi in the family [Delitschiaceae](/source/Delitschiaceae).[1]

The genus name of *Delitschia* is in honour of Otto Delitsch (1821 - 1882), a German theologist and Professor of Geography at the [Leipzig University](/source/Leipzig_University).[2]

The genus was [circumscribed](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy)) by [Bernhard Auerswald](/source/Bernhard_Auerswald) in Hedwigia Vol.5 (Issue 4) on page 49 in 1866.

## Species

As accepted by [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum);[3]

- *[Delitschia anisomera](/source/Delitschia_anisomera)*
- *[Delitschia anomala](/source/Delitschia_anomala)*
- *[Delitschia araneosa](/source/Delitschia_araneosa)*
- *[Delitschia arestospora](/source/Delitschia_arestospora)*
- *[Delitschia bispora](/source/Delitschia_bispora)*
- *[Delitschia canina](/source/Delitschia_canina)*
- *[Delitschia chodocola](/source/Delitschia_chodocola)*
- *[Delitschia chorizomera](/source/Delitschia_chorizomera)*
- *[Delitschia chrysina](/source/Delitschia_chrysina)*
- *[Delitschia confertaspora](/source/Delitschia_confertaspora)*
- *[Delitschia consociata](/source/Delitschia_consociata)*
- *[Delitschia corticola](/source/Delitschia_corticola)*
- *[Delitschia crinita](/source/Delitschia_crinita)*
- *[Delitschia didyma](/source/Delitschia_didyma)*
- *[Delitschia didymastra](/source/Delitschia_didymastra)*
- *[Delitschia didymella](/source/Delitschia_didymella)*
- *[Delitschia dochmiophragma](/source/Delitschia_dochmiophragma)*
- *[Delitschia elegans](/source/Delitschia_elegans)*
- *[Delitschia excentrica](/source/Delitschia_excentrica)*
- *[Delitschia fasciatispora](/source/Delitschia_fasciatispora)*
- *[Delitschia flavida](/source/Delitschia_flavida)*
- *[Delitschia furfuracea](/source/Delitschia_furfuracea)*
- *[Delitschia geminispora](/source/Delitschia_geminispora)*
- *[Delitschia gigaspora](/source/Delitschia_gigaspora)*
- *[Delitschia griffithii](/source/Delitschia_griffithii)*
- *[Delitschia gymnospora](/source/Delitschia_gymnospora)*
- *[Delitschia hexaspora](/source/Delitschia_hexaspora)*
- *[Delitschia illinoisensis](/source/Delitschia_illinoisensis)*
- *[Delitschia intonsa](/source/Delitschia_intonsa)*
- *[Delitschia ionthada](/source/Delitschia_ionthada)*
- *[Delitschia kriegeriana](/source/Delitschia_kriegeriana)*
- *[Delitschia lachnothecium](/source/Delitschia_lachnothecium)*
- *[Delitschia lamprorhynchia](/source/Delitschia_lamprorhynchia)*
- *[Delitschia leporina](/source/Delitschia_leporina)*
- *[Delitschia leptospora](/source/Delitschia_leptospora)*
- *[Delitschia limasepta](/source/Delitschia_limasepta)*
- *[Delitschia marchalii](/source/Delitschia_marchalii)*
- *[Delitschia megatetraspora](/source/Delitschia_megatetraspora)*
- *[Delitschia melanotricha](/source/Delitschia_melanotricha)*
- *[Delitschia mesostenospora](/source/Delitschia_mesostenospora)*
- *[Delitschia microspora](/source/Delitschia_microspora)*
- *[Delitschia myriaspora](/source/Delitschia_myriaspora)*
- *[Delitschia nephrospora](/source/Delitschia_nephrospora)*
- *[Delitschia niesslii](/source/Delitschia_niesslii)*
- *[Delitschia nypae](/source/Delitschia_nypae)*
- *[Delitschia oligospora](/source/Delitschia_oligospora)*
- *[Delitschia orientalis](/source/Delitschia_orientalis)*
- *[Delitschia pachylospora](/source/Delitschia_pachylospora)*
- *[Delitschia palmietensis](/source/Delitschia_palmietensis)*
- *[Delitschia patagonica](/source/Delitschia_patagonica)*
- *[Delitschia perpusilla](/source/Delitschia_perpusilla)*
- *[Delitschia polyspora](/source/Delitschia_polyspora)*
- *[Delitschia proboscidea](/source/Delitschia_proboscidea)*
- *[Delitschia rosellinioides](/source/Delitschia_rosellinioides)*
- *[Delitschia sexdecimspora](/source/Delitschia_sexdecimspora)*
- *[Delitschia simulans](/source/Delitschia_simulans)*
- *[Delitschia spiralirima](/source/Delitschia_spiralirima)*
- *[Delitschia sydowiana](/source/Delitschia_sydowiana)*
- *[Delitschia tetraspora](/source/Delitschia_tetraspora)*
- *[Delitschia tetrasporella](/source/Delitschia_tetrasporella)*
- *[Delitschia timagamensis](/source/Delitschia_timagamensis)*
- *[Delitschia tomentosa](/source/Delitschia_tomentosa)*
- *[Delitschia trichodelitschioides](/source/Delitschia_trichodelitschioides)*
- *[Delitschia trigonospora](/source/Delitschia_trigonospora)*
- *[Delitschia variispora](/source/Delitschia_variispora)*
- *[Delitschia vulgaris](/source/Delitschia_vulgaris)*
- *[Delitschia winteri](/source/Delitschia_winteri)*
- *[Delitschia xanthodera](/source/Delitschia_xanthodera)*

Former species;[3]

- *D. apiculata* = *[Arnium apiculatum](/source/Arnium_apiculatum)*, [Sordariales](/source/Sordariales)
- *D. auerswaldii sensu auct., non* = *Delitschia patagonica*
- *D. bisporula* = *[Trichodelitschia bisporula](/source/Trichodelitschia_bisporula)*, [Phaeotrichaceae](/source/Phaeotrichaceae)
- *D. gigaspora* var. *ceciliae* = *Delitschia gigaspora*
- *D. gigaspora* var. *pescanensis* = *Delitschia gigaspora*
- *D. graminis* = *[Cainia graminis](/source/Cainia_graminis)*, [Cainiaceae](/source/Cainiaceae)
- *D. insignis* = *[Zygospermella insignis](/source/Zygospermella_insignis)*, [Zygospermellaceae](/source/Zygospermellaceae)
- *D. lignicola* = *[Herpotrichia lignicola](/source/Herpotrichia_lignicola)*, [Melanommataceae](/source/Melanommataceae)
- *D. minuta* = *[Trichodelitschia bisporula](/source/Trichodelitschia_bisporula)*, Phaeotrichaceae
- *D. moravica* = *[Trichodelitschia bisporula](/source/Trichodelitschia_bisporula)*, Phaeotrichaceae
- *D. sordarioides* = *[Cercophora sordarioides](/source/Cercophora_sordarioides)*, [Neoschizotheciaceae](/source/Neoschizotheciaceae)

## References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). ["Outline of Ascomycota – 2007"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp). *Myconet*. **13**: 1–58. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. Archived from [the original](http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp) on 2009-03-18.

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). [*Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022) [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2022](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022). ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

1. ["Species Fungorum - Search Page - Delitschia"](https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp). *www.speciesfungorum.org*. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

## External links

- [Index Fungorum](http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/genusrecord.asp?RecordID=1443)

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