Phoebus hydrophobius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Lecanographaceae |
Genus: | Phoebus R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007) |
Species: | P. hydrophobius |
Binomial name | |
Phoebus hydrophobius R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007) | |
Phoebus is a fungal genus of previously uncertain familial placement in the order Arthoniales, [1] now placed in the family Lecanographaceae thanks to molecular analyses. [2] It contains only one species, Phoebus hydrophobius, found in the Ozarks of the central United States, and described as new to science in 2007. [3]
The genus name of Phoebus is named after the mythical Greco-Roman god Phoebus (also known as Apollo) of the sun as the fungus was thought to look like the orange 'sun bursts' on rocks. [4]
The genus was circumscribed by Richard C. Harris and Douglas Ladd in Opuscula Philolichenum vol.4 on page 64 in 2007.
Leimonis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae. It has 2 species. The genus was circumscribed by lichenologist Richard C. Harris in 2009.
The Stereocaulaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales. It contains five genera. Species of this family are widely distributed in temperate boreal and austral regions.
Placynthiella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trapeliaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Russian lichenologist Alexander Elenkin in 1909, with Placynthiella arenicola designated as the type species.
Coppinsia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trapeliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Coppinsia minutissima.
Toninia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.
Syncesia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Roccellaceae.
Heteroplacidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Verrucariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Austrian lichenologist Othmar Breuss in 1996 with Heteroplacidium imbricatum assigned as the type species. It was proposed as a segregate of Catapyrenium. Other morphologically similar genera are Neocatapyrenium, Placidium, and Scleropyrenium, although molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that they are independent monophyletic lineages within the Verrucariaceae.
Xanthopyreniaceae is a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Collemopsidiales. The family was circumscribed by lichenologist Alexander Zahlbruckner in 1926.
Oevstedalia is a genus of fungi of uncertain placement in the subphylum Pezizomycotina. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single lichen species Oevstedalia antarctica. The genus was circumscribed by Damien Ertz and Paul Diederich in 2004. Previously classified in the Dothideomycetes, Oevstedalia was moved to Pezizomycotina incertae sedis due to the lack of DNA data available for the genus.
Stenocybe is a genus of fungi in the family Mycocaliciaceae. It has 14 species.
Nanostictis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Stictidaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1954 by Danish lichenologist Mogens Skytte Christiansen, with Nanostictis peltigerae assigned as the type species.
Koerberia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Koerberiaceae.
Mycobilimbia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.
Maronea is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Fuscideaceae.
Gregorella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Arctomiaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Gregorella humida.
Xyleborus sporodochifer is a species of lichen in the family Stereocaulaceae, and the type species of the genus Xyleborus. It was first reported in 2007, and found in the Ozarks of Missouri.
Chrysothrix is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Chrysothricaceae. They are commonly called gold dust lichens or sulfur dust lichens, because they are bright yellow to greenish-yellow, sometimes flecked with orange, and composed entirely of powdery soredia. Apothecia are never present in North American specimens.
Xyleborus is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Stereocaulaceae. It has two species. The genus was circumscribed in 2009 by Richard C. Harris and Douglas Ladd with Xyleborus sporodochifer assigned as the type species. A second species, X. nigricans, was added to the genus in 2015.
Thelenella is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Thelenellaceae. It has 30 species. The genus was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1855, with Thelenella modesta assigned as the type species.
Pyrenidium is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi. It is the only genus in the family Pyrenidiaceae. It has 13 species.