Biology:Stirtoniella

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Stirtoniella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Stirtoniella
D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005)
Species:
S. kelica
Binomial name
Stirtoniella kelica
(Stirt.) D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lecidea kelica Stirt. (1873)
  • Catillaria kelica (Stirt.) Zahlbr. (1926)

Stirtoniella is a lichen genus in the family Ramalinaceae.[2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Stirtoniella kelica, a crustose and corticolous lichen originally described from New Zealand in 1873 as a species of Lecidea.[3] The photobiont is an alga of the family Chlorococcaceae. The genus is named after Scottish mycologist James Stirton.[4]

References

  1. "Synonymy: Stirtoniella kelica (Stirt.) D.J. Galloway, Hafellner & Elix". Species Fungorum. CAB International. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=369303. 
  2. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K. et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358798332. 
  3. Stirton, J. (1873). "Additions to the lichen flora of New Zealand". Transactions of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists 1: 15–23. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35965037. 
  4. Galloway, D.J.; Hafellner, J.; Elix, J.A. (2005). "Stirtoniella, a new genus for Catillaria kelica (Lecanorales: Ramalinaceae)". The Lichenologist 37 (3): 261–271. doi:10.1017/S002428290501501X. http://nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/lav/RLL/PDF2/Lichenologist/37/37_261-271.pdf. 

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