Siphulella

Siphulella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Icmadophilaceae
Genus: Siphulella
Kantvilas, Elix & P.James (1992)
Type species
Siphulella coralloidea
Kantvilas, Elix & P.James (1992)

Siphulella is a fungal genus in the Icmadophilaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single lichen species Siphulella coralloidea, found in southwest Tasmania.[1] The genus and species was described as new to science in 1992. The genus name is based on the superficial resemblance that S. coralloidea has to some species in the genus Siphula.[2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Kantvilas G, Elix JA, James PW (1992). "Siphulella, a new lichen genus from Southwest Tasmania". The Bryologist. 95 (2): 186–91. doi:10.2307/3243434. JSTOR 3243434.


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