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Parasiphula

Parasiphula is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Coccotremataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas and Martin Grube in 2006, and contains seven species that are known from cool to cold latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Parasiphula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Coccotremataceae
Genus: Parasiphula
Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
Type species
Parasiphula fragilis
(Hook. f. & Taylor) Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
Species

P. comata
P. complanata
P. elixii
P. foliacea
P. fragilis
P. georginae
P. jamesii

Parasiphula is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Coccotremataceae.1 The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas and Martin Grube in 2006, and contains seven species that are known from cool to cold latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere.2

Species

  • Parasiphula comata (Nyl.) Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
  • Parasiphula complanata (Hook.f. & Taylor) Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
  • Parasiphula elixii (Kantvilas) Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
  • Parasiphula foliacea (D.J.Galloway) Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
  • Parasiphula fragilis (Hook.f. & Taylor) Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
  • Parasiphula georginae (Kantvilas) Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
  • Parasiphula jamesii (Kantvilas) Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
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. Grube, M.; Kantvilas, G. (2006). "Siphula represents a remarkable case of morphological convergence in sterile lichens". The Lichenologist. 38 (3): 241–249. doi:10.1017/S0024282906005500. S2CID 85700746.