Ciposia

Ciposia
Ciposia wheeleri on southern live oak in North Carolina, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Caliciales
Family:	Caliciaceae
Genus:	Ciposia Marbach (2000)
Species:	C. wheeleri
Binomial name
Ciposia wheeleri (R.C.Harris) Marbach (2000)
Synonyms
Buellia wheeleriR.C.Harris (1988)

Ciposia is a single-species fungal genus in the family Caliciaceae. Circumscribed by Bernhard Marbach in 2000, ^[1] it contains the species Ciposia wheeleri, ^[2] a corticolous (bark-dwelling) and crustose lichen. This species was originally classified in genus Buellia by Richard C. Harris in 1988. ^[3]

According to Index Fungorum, ^[4] Ciposia is not a correct name, as its publication was predated by a homonym, the plant genus Ciposia (family Myrtaceae), which was published by Brazilian botanist Alvaro Astolpho da Silveira in 1918. The earliest-published name has precedence according to the Principle of priority.

References

1. Marbach, Bernhard (2000). Corticole und lignicole Arten der Flechtengattung Buellia sensu lato in den Subtropen und Tropen. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 74. Berlin/Stuttgart: J. Cramer. p. 158. ISBN   978-3-443-58053-7.
2. IndexFungorum.
3. Harris, R.C. (1988). "Buellia in north and central Florida or the virtues and rewards of collecting". Evansia. 5 (3): 37–45. doi: 10.5962/p.345875 . S2CID   254362492.
4. Kirk, Paul (ed.). "Record Details: Ciposia Marbach". Index Fungorum . Retrieved 25 August 2022.

• "Ciposia wheeleri". Index Fungorum . Retrieved 24 August 2022.