Willeya nepalensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]