Phaeophyscia

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Phaeophyscia
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Phaeophyscia orbicularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Physciaceae
Genus: Phaeophyscia
Moberg (1977) [1]
Type species
Phaeophyscia orbicularis
(Neck.) Moberg (1977)
Synonyms [2]
  • PhysciellaEssl. (1986) [3]

Phaeophyscia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae.

Species

Phaeophyscia hirtella Phaeophyscia hirtella Essl 971765.jpg
Phaeophyscia hirtella
Phaeophyscia pusilloides Phaeophyscia pusilloides - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
Phaeophyscia pusilloides

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References

  1. Moberg, R. (1977). "The lichen genus Physcia and allied genera in Fennoscandia". Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 22 (1): 1–108 (see p. 29).
  2. "Phaeophyscia Moberg 1977". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  3. Esslinger, Theodore L. (1986). "Studies in the lichen family Physciaceae. VII. The new genus Physciella". Mycologia. 78 (1): 92–97. doi:10.2307/3793382. JSTOR   3793382.
  4. Fayyaz, Iram; Afshan, Najam-ul-Sehar; Khalid, Abdul Nasir (2022). "Phaeophyscia kashmirensis sp. nov. (Lecanorales, Physciaceae) from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan". The Lichenologist. 54 (6): 355–361. doi:10.1017/s0024282922000275. S2CID   254675401.