Ropalospora

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Ropalospora
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Ropalospora chlorantha
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Umbilicariales
Family: Ropalosporaceae
Hafellner (1984)
Genus: Ropalospora
A.Massal. (1860)
Type species
Ropalospora caffra
A.Massal. (1860)

Ropalospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi, and the sole member of the monogeneric family Ropalosporaceae. [1] The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860. [2] The family was proposed by Josef Hafellner in 1984. [3]

Species

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