Austrolecia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Catillariaceae |
Genus: | Austrolecia Hertel (1984) |
Species: | A. antarctica |
Binomial name | |
Austrolecia antarctica Hertel 1984 | |
Austrolecia is a fungal genus in the family Catillariaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single crustose lichen species Austrolecia antarctica. Both the genus and species were described as new to science in 1984 by German lichenologist Hannes Hertel. The lichen is found on the boulders and moraines of Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). [1] Indicator species analysis suggests that the lichen prefers to grow on north-facing (rather than south-facing) rock surfaces. [2]
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Nadvornikia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. Species in the genus are corticolous (bark-dwelling) and crustose.
Szczawinskia is a genus of leaf-dwelling lichens in the family Pilocarpaceae. The genus contains five species. The genus was circumscribed by Canadian mycologist Alvin Funk in 1984, with Szczawinskia tsugae assigned as the type species.
Redonia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. It contains the single species Redonia chilena, a squamulose lichen. The type specimen was collected in Tarapacá, Chile, where it was found growing on calcareous soil. The genus was circumscribed in 1973 by Carroll William Dodge. The genus name honours Jorge Redón Figueroa, a Chilean lichenologist who collected the type.
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