Fluctua

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Fluctua
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Fluctua
Marbach (2000)
Species:
F. megapotamica
Binomial name
Fluctua megapotamica
(Malme) Marbach (2000)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buellia megapotamicaMalme (1919)

Fluctua is a lichen genus in the family Caliciaceae. [2] It is monotypic, containing the single crustose lichen species Fluctua megapotamica. The genus was circumscribed by Austrian lichenologist Bernhard Marbach in 2000. It was one of several segregate genera proposed by Marbach in his 2000 revision of American species of Buellia . The lichen is found in Brazil and Uruguay. [3]

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References

  1. "Synonymy. Current name: Fluctua megapotamica (Malme) Marbach". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . hdl: 10481/61998 .
  3. Marbach, Bernhard (2000). Corticole und lignicole Arten der Flechtengattung Buellia sensu lato in den Subtropen und Tropen[A study of corticolous and lignicolous species of the lichen genus Buellia s.l. in subtropical and tropical regions]. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 74. J. Cramer. p. 151. ISBN   978-3-443-58053-7.