Biology:Mobergia

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Short description: Genus of lichenized fungi

Mobergia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Physciaceae
Genus: Mobergia
H.Mayrhofer, Sheard & Matzer (1992)
Type species
Mobergia calculiformis
(W.A.Weber) H.Mayrhofer & Sheard (1992)

Mobergia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae.[1]

The genus name of Mobergia is in honour of Jan Roland Moberg (b.1939), a Swedish botanist (Mycology and Lichenology) and at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Helmut Mayrhofer and John Wilson Sheard in Bryologist vol.95 on page 438 in 1992.

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6886675 entry