Halecania

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Halecania
Halecania australis Lumbsch (AM AK221733).jpg
Isotype of Halecania australis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Leprocaulales
Family: Leprocaulaceae
Genus: Halecania
M.Mayrhofer (1987)
Type species
Halecania alpivaga
(Th.Fr.) M.Mayrhofer (1987)

Halecania is a genus of fungi in the family Leprocaulaceae. It has 22 species. [1] The genus was circumscribed by Austrian lichenologist Michaela Mayrhofer in 1987, with Halecania alpivaga assigned as the type species. She created Halecania to contain species, formerly placed in Lecania , with the following characteristics: uniformly amyloid apical domes, paraphyses with dark brown apical caps, and halonate ascospores (i.e., surrounded by a transparent coat). [2]

Species

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