Austropeltum

Austropeltum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Sphaerophoraceae
Genus: Austropeltum
Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas (1992)
Type species
Austropeltum glareosum
Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas (1992)

Austropeltum is a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Austropeltum glareosum, found in Australia and New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Henssen A, Döring H, Kantvilas G (1991). "Austropeltum glareosum gen. et sp. nov., a new lichen from Mountain Plateaux in Tasmania and New Zealand". Botanica Acta. 105 (6): 457–67. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1992.tb00328.x. ISSN 0932-8629.


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