Phlyctis

Phlyctis is a genus of fungi in the order Ostropales. Members of the genus are commonly called blemished lichens.[1][2]

Phlyctis
Phlyctis argena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Subdivision:
Pezizomycotina
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Ostropales
Family:
Phlyctidaceae
Genus:
Phlyctis

(Wallr.) Flot. (1850)
Type species
Phlyctis agelaea
(Ach.) Flot. (1850)

The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Julius von Flotow in 1850.[3] The Dictionary of the Fungi (2008) estimated the widespread genus to contain 12 species,[4] but several new species have been described since then.

Species
  • Phlyctis argena
  • Phlyctis bifurcatus
  • Phlyctis cervicornis
  • Phlyctis cuneiformis
  • Phlyctis dichotomus
  • Phlyctis karnatakana
  • Phlyctis latifolius
  • Phlyctis ludoviciensis
  • Phlyctis megalospora
  • Phlyctis polypodioides
  • Phlyctis psoromica
  • Phlyctis subagelaea
  • Phlyctis subargena
  • Phlyctis subfistulosus
  • Phlyctis undulatus

References
  1. http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
  2. "Blemished Lichen (Phlyctis), Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  3. Flotow J. (1850). "Lichenologische Beiträge zur Flora Europaea". Botanische Zeitung (in German). 8: 569–75.
  4. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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