Biology:Jamesiella

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Short description: Genus of fungi


Jamesiella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Gomphillaceae
Genus: Jamesiella
Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)[1]
Type species
Jamesiella anastomosans
(P.James & Vězda) Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)
Species

J. chaverriae
J. perlucida

Jamesiella is a genus of fungi in the family Gomphillaceae.[2] The type species of the genus, Jamesiella anastomosans, is now classified in the genus Gyalideopsis.

The genus name of Jamesiella is in honour of Peter Wilfrid James (1930 - 2014), who was an English botanist (Mycology and Lichenology), who worked at the Natural History Museum, London.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Robert Lücking, Emmanuël Sérusiaux and Antonín Vězda in Lichenologist vol.37 on page 165 in 2005.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6146109 entry