Capnodiaceae
Leptoxyphium kurandae Crous & R.G.Shivas , legitimate, scientific
Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z., Shivas, R.G. et al. (2011), Fungal Planet Description Sheets: 69-91. Persoonia 26: 145 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, Queensland, Cairns, Kuranda, S 16°49'24.6", E 145°38'2.6", on leaves of Eucalyptus sp., 13 Aug. 2009, P.W. Crous & R.G. Shivas, holotype CBS H-20591, culture ex-type CPC 17274 = CBS 129530 ..."
  • Text: DNA sequence: from culture ex-type: GenBank JF951150 (ITS), JF951170 (LSU)
  • Text: identifier: MB 560176
  • Text: Fungal Planet description sheet 86, with authors indicated as “Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z., & Shivas, R.G.”
  • Etymology: "Named after the town of Kuranda, where this fungus was collected."
AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]