Pyrrhospora

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Pyrrhospora
Pyrrhospora quernea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Pyrrhospora
Körb. (1855)
Type species
Pyrrhospora quernea
(Dicks.) Körb. (1855)

Pyrrhospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with Pyrrhospora quernea assigned as the type species.[2]

Species[edit]

Several species that were once classified in Pyrrhospora have since been transferred to the genus Ramboldia. These include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Körber, G.W. (1855). Systema lichenum Germaniae (in Latin). p. 209.
  3. ^ Aptroot, A.; Feijen, F.J. (2002). "Annotated checklist of the lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Bhutan". Fungal Diversity. 11: 21–48.
  4. ^ Seaward, Mark R.D.; Aptroot, André (2005). "Hong Kong lichens collected on the United States North Pacific exploring expedition, 1853–1856". The Bryologist. 108 (2): 282–286. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2005)108[0282:HKLCOT]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85837590.
  5. ^ Kalb, Klaus; Aptroot, André (2021). "New lichens from Africa" (PDF). Archive for Lichenology. 28: 1–12.
  6. ^ a b Aptroot, A.; Saipunkaew, W.; Sipman, H.J.M.; Sparrius, L.B.; Wolseley, P.A. (2007). "New lichens from Thailand, mainly microlichens from Chiang Mai". Fungal Diversity. 24: 75–134.
  7. ^ Seaward, Mark R.D.; Aptroot, André (2009). "Checklist of lichens for the Seychelles group". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 99: 335–366.