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 (1905âÂÂ1998), who was a British mycologist and scientific historian.
As accepted by Species Fungorum;
Former species;