Cephalophysis

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Cephalophysis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Cephalophysis
(Hertel) H.Kilias (1985)
Type species
Cephalophysis leucospila
(Anzi) H.Kilias & Scheid. (1985)
Synonyms
  • Lecidea subgen. CephalophysisHertel (1967)

Cephalophysis is a lichen genus in the family Teloschistaceae. [1] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Cephalophysis leucospila.

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References

  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 .