Willeya nepalensis

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Willeya nepalensis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Willeya
Species:
W. nepalensis
Binomial name
Willeya nepalensis
Orange (2022)

Willeya nepalensis is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. [1] Found in Nepal, it was described by the lichenologist Alan Orange in 2022. Characteristics of this lichen include its cracked thallus and fruiting bodies ( perithecia ), which are immersed in the thallus. [2]

References

  1. "Willeya nepalensis Orange". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. Orange, Alan; Chhetri, Som G. (2022). "Verrucariaceae from Nepal". The Lichenologist. 54 (3–4): 139–174. doi: 10.1017/S0024282922000160 .