Tasmidella

Tasmidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Megalariaceae
Genus: Tasmidella
Kantvilas, Hafellner & Elix (1999)
Type species
Tasmidella variabilis
Kantvilas, Hafellner & Elix (1999)

Tasmidella is a lichen genus in the family Megalariaceae. Described by Gintaras Kantvilas, Josef Hafellner, and John Elix in 1999, it contains the single species Tasmidella variabilis, found in Tasmania. It is distinguished from the closely related Megalaria by having simple spores with a layered wall.[1]

References

  1. Kantvilas G, Hafellner J, Elix JA. (1999). "Tasmidella, a new lichen genus from Tasmania, with a revised circumscription of the family Megalariaceae". The Lichenologist 31 (3): 213–25. doi:10.1017/S0024282999000316.

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