Biology:Xerotrema

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Short description: Genus of fungi in the family Odontotremataceae

Xerotrema
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Odontotrematales
Family: Odontotremataceae
Genus: Xerotrema
Sherwood & Coppins (1980)
Type species
Xerotrema megalospora
Sherwood & Coppins (1980)
Species

X. megalospora
X. quercicola

Xerotrema is a genus of fungi in the family Odontotremataceae. It contains two species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Martha Allen Sherwood and Brian John Coppins in 1980.[2] The type species, Xerotrema megalospora, is found in the United States and Canada.[3] X. quercicola was added to the genus in 2008.[4]

References

  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Dolatabadi, Somayeh; 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. 
  2. Sherwood, M.A.; Coppins, B.J. (1980). "Xerotrema, a new genus of ondontotremoid fungus from Scotland". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh 38 (2): 367–371. 
  3. Brodo, Irwin M. (2021). "Xerotrema megalospora (Ascomycetes: Odontotremataceae), a new fungus for Canada". Evansia 37 (4): 152–155. doi:10.1639/0747-9859-37.4.152. 
  4. Coppins, Brian J.; Aptroot, André (2008). "New species and combinations in The Lichens of the British Isles". The Lichenologist 40 (5): 363–374. doi:10.1017/S0024282908008165. 

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