Aphanopsis

Aphanopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Aphanopsidaceae
Genus:	Aphanopsis ; Nyl. (1882)
Type species
	Aphanopsis terrigena; (Ach.) J.Lahm (1885)
Species
	A. terrigena ; A. coenosa

Last updated August 04, 2025

Aphanopsis is a genus of lichens in the family Aphanopsidaceae. It was circumscribed by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1882, with Aphanopsis terrigena as the type species.^[1] Aphanopsis coenosa , originally described as Collema coenosum by Erik Acharius in 1810, was added to the genus in 1984.^[2]

References

↑ Nylander, W. (1882). "Addenda nova ad Lichenographiam Europaeam. Contin. XXXIX". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 65: 451–458.
↑ Coppins, B.J.; James, P.W. (1984). "New or interesting British lichens V". The Lichenologist. 16 (3): 241–264. doi:10.1017/S0024282984000451.

This Lecanorales-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[Nylander_1882-1] Nylander, W. (1882). "Addenda nova ad Lichenographiam Europaeam. Contin. XXXIX". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 65: 451–458.

[Coppins_&_James_1984-2] Coppins, B.J.; James, P.W. (1984). "New or interesting British lichens V". The Lichenologist. 16 (3): 241–264. doi:10.1017/S0024282984000451.

[1]

[2]