Stirtoniella
| Stirtoniella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Stirtoniella D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005) |
| Type species | |
| Stirtoniella kelica (Stirt.) D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 lichen is named after Scottish mycologist James Stirton.[4]
References
- ↑ "Synonymy: Stirtoniella kelica (Stirt.) D.J. Galloway, Hafellner & Elix". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58.
- ↑ Stirton J. (1873). "Additions to the lichen flora of New Zealand". Transactions of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists 1: 15–23.
- ↑ Galloway DJ, Hafellner J, Elix JA. (2005). "Stirtoniella, a new genus for Catillaria kelica (Lecanorales: Ramalinaceae)" (PDF). The Lichenologist 37 (3): 261–71. doi:10.1017/S002428290501501X.
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