Biology:Gyalideopsis vainioi

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Short description: Species of fungus

Gyalideopsis vainioi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Gomphillaceae
Genus: Gyalideopsis
Species:
G. vainioi
Binomial name
Gyalideopsis vainioi
Kalb & Vězda (1988)

Gyalideopsis vainioi is a species of lichen in the family Gomphillaceae. It was described as new to science in 1988 by Klaus Kalb and Antonín Vězda from Brazilian collections.[1] The variety Gyalideopsis vainioi var. semicirculata Lücking & W.R.Buck was published in 2007; it was found in Florida.[2] The specific epithet honours Finnish lichenologist Edvard Vainio, known for his pioneering work with Brazilian lichens.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kalb, Klaus; Vězda, Antonin (1988). "Neue oder bemerkenswerte Arten der Flechten-familie Gomphillaceae in der Neotropis" (in German). Bibliotheca Lichenologica (Lubrecht & Cramer) 29: 51. ISBN 978-3-443-58008-7. 
  2. Lücking, Robert; Buck, William; Rivas Plata, Eimy Rivas (2007). "The lichen family Gomphillaceae (Ostropales) in eastern North America, with notes on hyphophore development in Gomphillus and Gyalideopsis". The Bryologist 110 (4): 622–672. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[622:TLFGOI2.0.CO;2]. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21271329 entry