Biology:Elixiaceae
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Short description: Family of fungi
Elixiaceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Umbilicariales |
Family: | Elixiaceae Lumbsch (1997) |
Type genus | |
Elixia Lumbsch (1997)
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Genera | |
Elixia |
The Elixiaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Umbilicariales. It contains two genera, Meridianelia, and the type genus, Elixia, which together have a total of three species.[1] The family was circumscribed by lichenologist Helge Thorsten Lumbsch in 1997. The family name honours Australian lichenologist John Alan Elix.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (1997). "Systematic studies in the suborder Agyriineae (Lecanorales)". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 83: 62. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279547855.
Wikidata ☰ Q5362026 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixiaceae.
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