Phoebus hydrophobius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Lecanographaceae |
Genus: |
Phoebus R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007) |
Species: | P. hydrophobius
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Binomial name | |
Phoebus hydrophobius R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007)
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Phoebus is a fungal genus of previously uncertain familial placement in the order Arthoniales, [1] now placed in the family Lecanographaceae thanks to molecular analyses. [2] It contains only one species, Phoebus hydrophobius, found in the Ozarks of the central United States, and described as new to science in 2007. [3]
The genus name of Phoebus is named after the mythical Greco-Roman god Phoebus (also known as Apollo) of the sun as the fungus was thought to look like the orange 'sun bursts' on rocks. [4]
The genus was circumscribed by Richard C. Harris and Douglas Ladd in Opuscula Philolichenum vol.4 on page 64 in 2007.
Phoebus hydrophobius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Lecanographaceae |
Genus: |
Phoebus R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007) |
Species: | P. hydrophobius
|
Binomial name | |
Phoebus hydrophobius R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007)
|
Phoebus is a fungal genus of previously uncertain familial placement in the order Arthoniales, [1] now placed in the family Lecanographaceae thanks to molecular analyses. [2] It contains only one species, Phoebus hydrophobius, found in the Ozarks of the central United States, and described as new to science in 2007. [3]
The genus name of Phoebus is named after the mythical Greco-Roman god Phoebus (also known as Apollo) of the sun as the fungus was thought to look like the orange 'sun bursts' on rocks. [4]
The genus was circumscribed by Richard C. Harris and Douglas Ladd in Opuscula Philolichenum vol.4 on page 64 in 2007.