title: Ainsworthia
text: # Ainsworthia
  
  Ainsworthia is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetothyriaceae.
  
  The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Raffaele Ciferri in Sydowia Beih. vol.3 on page 4 in 1962.
  
  The genus name of Ainsworthia is in honour of Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905–1998), who was a British mycologist and scientific historian.
  
  ## Species
  
  As accepted by Species Fungorum;
  
  * Ainsworthia lecythidacearum Bat., J.L. Bezerra & Peres (1964)
  * Ainsworthia oblongotheca A.A. Silva (1964)
  * Ainsworthia psidii Bat., J.L. Bezerra & Poroca (1966)
  * Ainsworthia roraimensis Bat. & Cavalc. (1966)
  * Ainsworthia smilacina Bat. & A.F. Vital (1962)
  * Ainsworthia zanthoxyli Bat. & C.A.A. Costa (1962)
  
  Former species;
  
  * A. morindae (J.M. Mend.) Bat. (1962) = Phaeosaccardinula morindae, Chaetothyriaceae
  * A. negeriana (Sacc., Syd. & P. Syd.) Bat. & Cif. (1962) = Teichosporella negeriana, Dothideomycetes family
  * A. seaveriana (Toro) Bat. & Cif. (1962) = Phaeosaccardinula seaveriana, Chaetothyriaceae
  