Jafnea

Jafnea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Jafnea
Korf (1960)
Type species
Jafnea fusicarpa
(W.R.Gerard) Korf (1960)
Species

Jafnea fusicarpa
Jafnia imaii
Jafnea semitosta

Jafnea is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Richard P. Korf in 1960.

The genus name of Jafnea is in honour of Johan Axel Frithiof Nannfeldt (1904–1985), who was a Swedish botanist and mycologist.