| Miriquidica | |
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| Miriquidica deusta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Lecanoraceae |
| Genus: | Miriquidica Hertel & Rambold (1987) |
| Type species | |
| Miriquidica complanata (Körb.) Hertel & Rambold (1987) | |
Miriquidica is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. [1] The genus was circumscribed in 1987 by the lichenologists Hannes Hertel and Gerhard Rambold, with Miriquidica complanata assigned as the type species. [2] According to Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains 23 species, found predominantly in arctic-alpine regions. [3]