Phlyctis | |
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Phlyctis argena | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Gyalectales |
Family: | Phlyctidaceae |
Genus: |
Phlyctis ( Wallr.) Flot. (1850) |
Type species | |
Phlyctis agelaea (
Ach.) Flot. (1850)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Phlyctis is a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Gyalectales, and the type genus of the family Phlyctidaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called blemished lichens. [2] [3]
The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Julius von Flotow in 1850. [4] The Dictionary of the Fungi (2008) estimated the widespread genus to contain 12 species, [5] but several species have been described and added to the genus since then.
Phlyctis | |
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![]() | |
Phlyctis argena | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Gyalectales |
Family: | Phlyctidaceae |
Genus: |
Phlyctis ( Wallr.) Flot. (1850) |
Type species | |
Phlyctis agelaea (
Ach.) Flot. (1850)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
List
|
Phlyctis is a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Gyalectales, and the type genus of the family Phlyctidaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called blemished lichens. [2] [3]
The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Julius von Flotow in 1850. [4] The Dictionary of the Fungi (2008) estimated the widespread genus to contain 12 species, [5] but several species have been described and added to the genus since then.