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Dibaeis

Dibaeis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Icmadophilaceae. The genus is widely distributed in tropical regions. Dibaeis was circumscribed in 1909 by Frederic Edward Clements with Dibaeis rosea as the type species. Several species were transferred from other genera in a 1993 publication.

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Dibaeis
Dibaeis absoluta in New Zealand
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Icmadophilaceae
Genus: Dibaeis
Clem. (1909)
Type species
Dibaeis rosea
(Pers.) Clem. (1909)

Dibaeis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Icmadophilaceae.1 The genus is widely distributed in tropical regions.2 Dibaeis was circumscribed in 1909 by Frederic Edward Clements with Dibaeis rosea as the type species.3 Several species were transferred from other genera in a 1993 publication.4

Species

  • Dibaeis absoluta (Tuck.) Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis arcuata (Stirt.) Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis birmensis Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis columbiana (Vain.) Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis cretacea Elix & Kantvilas (1993)
  • Dibaeis fungoides (Sw.) Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis globulifera Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis holstii (Müll.Arg.) Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis inaequalis Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis inundata Kantvilas (2018)
  • Dibaeis pulogensis (Vain.) Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis rosea (Pers.) Clem. (1909)
  • Dibaeis sorediata Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis stipitata Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis umbrelliformis Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis weberi (J.W.Thomson) Kalb & Gierl (1993)
  • Dibaeis yurii (S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös, S.O.Oh & Hur) S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2015)
References

References

  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. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Clements, F.E. (1909). The Genera of Fungi. Minneapolis, MN: The H. W. Wilson Company. pp. 78, 175.
  4. Gierl C, Kalb K (1993). "Die Flechtengattung Dibaeis. Eine Übersicht über die rosafrüchtigen Arten von Baeomyces sens. lat. nebst Anmerkungen zu Phyllobaeis gen. nov". Herzogia (in German). 9 (3–4): 593–645. doi:10.1127/herzogia/9/1993/593. S2CID 249726740.