Tasmidella

Tasmidella is a lichen genus in the family Ramalinaceae.^[1] Circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas, Josef Hafellner, and John A. Elix in 1999, it contains the single species Tasmidella variabilis, found in Tasmania. It is distinguished from the closely related genus Megalaria by having simple spores with a layered wall.^[2]

Tasmidella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Ramalinaceae
Genus:	Tasmidella Kantvilas, Hafellner & Elix (1999)
Type species
Tasmidella variabilis Kantvilas, Hafellner & Elix (1999)

References

1. "Tasmidella". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
2. Kantvilas, Gintaras; Hafellner, Josef; Elix, John A. (1999). "Tasmidella, a new lichen genus from Tasmania, with a revised circumscription of the family Megalariaceae". The Lichenologist. 31 (3): 213–225. doi:10.1017/S0024282999000316.