Paraporpidia

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Paraporpidia
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Paraporpidia leptocarpa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecideales
Family: Lecideaceae
Genus: Paraporpidia
Rambold & Pietschm. (1989)
Type species
Paraporpidia aboriginum
Rambold
Species

P. aboriginum
P. glauca
P. leptocarpa

Paraporpidia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecideaceae. It has three species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichens. [1] [2] The genus was circumscribed by Gerhard Rambold and M. Pietschmann in 1989, with Paraporpidia aboriginum assigned as the type species. [3]

Species

A fourth species, Paraporpidia neotropica, was proposed by André Aptroot and Felix Schumm in 2023. It occurs in Brazil. [4]

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References

  1. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [154]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2.
  2. "Paraporpidia". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. Rambold, G. (1989). A monograph of the saxicolous lecideoid lichens of Australia (excl. Tasmania). Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 34. p. 243.
  4. Schumm, F.; Aptroot, A. (2023). Sergipe and Amazonas. Brazilian Lichens. Vol. 6. p. 312. ISBN   978-3757847203.