Willeya honghensis

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Willeya honghensis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Willeya
Species:
W. honghensis
Binomial name
Willeya honghensis
(H.Harada & Li S.Wang) Orange (2022)
Synonyms [1]
  • Staurothele honghensisH.Harada & Li S.Wang (2006)

Willeya honghensis is a species of crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. [2] Found in Yunnan, China, it was originally described in 2006 by Hiroshi Harada and Li Wang as a member of the genus Staurothele . [3] Alan Orange reclassified it in Willeya in 2022. [4]

References

  1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Willeya honghensis (H. Harada & Li S. Wang) Orange, in Orange & Chhetri, Lichenologist 54(3-4): 166 (2022)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. "Willeya honghensis (H. Harada & Li S. Wang) Orange". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. Harada, H.; Wang, L.S. (2006). "Taxonomic study on the freshwater species of Verrucariaceae (lichenized Ascomycota) of Yunnan, China (2). Genus Staurothele". Lichenology. 5 (1): 13–22.
  4. Orange, Alan; Chhetri, Som G. (2022). "Verrucariaceae from Nepal". The Lichenologist. 54 (3–4): 139–174. doi: 10.1017/S0024282922000160 .