Biology:Fluctua

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Short description: Genus of lichen

Fluctua
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Fluctua
Marbach (2000)
Species:
F. megapotamica
Binomial name
Fluctua megapotamica
(Malme) Marbach (2000)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buellia megapotamica Malme (1919)

Fluctua is a lichen genus in the family Caliciaceae.[2] It is monotypic, containing the single crustose lichen species Fluctua megapotamica. The genus was circumscribed by Austrian lichenologist Bernhard Marbach in 2000. It was one of several segregate genera proposed by Marbach in his 2000 revision of American species of Buellia. The lichen is found in Brazil and Uruguay.[3]

References

  1. "Synonymy. Current name: Fluctua megapotamica (Malme) Marbach". Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=464636. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Marbach, Bernhard (2000) (in de). Corticole und lignicole Arten der Flechtengattung Buellia sensu lato in den Subtropen und Tropen. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 74. J. Cramer. p. 151. ISBN 978-3-443-58053-7. 

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