Cresponea

Cresponea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Cresponea
Egea & Torrente (1993)
Type species
Cresponea premnea
(Ach.) Egea & Torrente (1993)

Cresponea is a genus of lichens in the family Roccellaceae. The genus, described in 1993, contains species that were formerly classified in Lecanactis. Cresponea is widely distributed, but most species are found in tropical and subtropical regions.[1]

Species

  • C. ancistrosporelloides
  • C. apiculata
  • C. chloroconia
  • C. flava
  • C. flavescens
  • C. follmannii
  • C. leprieurii
  • C. leprieuroides
  • C. litoralis
  • C. macrocarpoides
  • C. melanocheilodes
  • C. plurilocularis
  • C. premnea
  • C. proximata

References

  1. Egea JM, Torrente P. (1993). "Cresponea, a new genus of lichenized fungi in the order Arthoniales (Ascomycotina)". Mycotaxon. 48: 301–31.


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