Muellerella

Muellerella

Muellerella pygmaea var. athallina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Subclass:	Chaetothyriomycetidae
Order:	Verrucariales
Family:	Verrucariaceae
Genus:	Muellerella Hepp
Type species
Muellerella polyspora Hepp ex Müll. Arg.

Muellerella is a genus of lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate areas, and contains about 16 species that live on other lichens, or on liverworts.^[1]

Species

Muellerella erratica
Muellerella hospitans
Muellerella lichenicola
Muellerella polyspora
Muellerella pygmaea
Muellerella ventosicola

References

↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

External links

Muellerella in Index Fungorum

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