Jafnea

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Ascomycota

| classis = Pezizomycetes

| ordo = Pezizales

| familia = Pyronemataceae

| genus = Jafnea

| genus_authority = Korf (1960)

| type_species = Jafnea fusicarpa

| type_species_authority = (W.R.Gerard) Korf (1960)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =Jafnea fusicarpa

Jafnia imaii

Jafnea semitosta

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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.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}