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Genus of lichens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loxospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sarrameanaceae. It has 13 species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852, with Loxospora elatina assigned as the type species.[2] This crustose lichen was originally named Lecanora elatina by Erik Acharius in 1810.
Loxospora | |
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Loxospora ochrophaea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Sarrameanales |
Family: | Sarrameanaceae |
Genus: | Loxospora A.Massal. (1852) |
Type species | |
Loxospora elatina (Ach.) A.Massal. (1852) |
Loxospora pustulata (Brodo & W.L.Culb.) Egan (1990) is now known as Lepra pustulata.[7]
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