Villophora

Villophora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the subfamily Teloschistoideae of the family Teloschistaceae. It has 9 species.^[1] The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulrik Søchting, Ulf Arup, and Patrik Frödén. They assigned Villophora isidioclada as the type, and at that time, only species in the genus. This lichen, previously classified in Caloplaca, is found in South America, Antarctica, and some subantarctic islands. Several additional species were added to the genus in 2021.^[2] The generic name Villophora means "carrying filaments".^[3]

Villophora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Villophora Søchting, Arup & Frödén (2013)
Type species
Villophora isidioclada (Zahlbr.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (2013)

Species

• Villophora darwiniana Søchting, Søgaard & Arup (2021)^[2]
• Villophora erythrosticta (Taylor) Wilk & Lücking (2021)^[2]
• Villophora isidioclada (Zahlbr.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup (2013)
• Villophora maulensis (S.Y.Kondr. & Hur) Søchting (2021)^[2]
• Villophora microphyllina (Tuck.) S.Y. Kondr. (2015)^[4]
• Villophora onas Søchting, Søgaard & Arup (2021)^[2]
• Villophora patagonica Søchting & Søgaard (2021)^[2]
• Villophora rimicola Søchting (2021)^[2]
• Villophora wallaceana Søchting & Søgaard (2021)^[2]