Eiglera
| Eiglera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Acarosporales |
| Family: | Eigleraceae Hafellner (1984) |
| Genus: | Eiglera Hafellner (1984) |
| Type species | |
| Eiglera flavida | |
Eiglera is a small genus of crustose lichens belonging to the monotypic family Eigleraceae.[1] Eiglera species are found in Europe and Northern America.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by lichenologist Josef Hafellner in 1984, with Eiglera flavida assigned as the type species; this lichen had previously been classified in either Aspicilia or Lecanora. The genus name Eiglera honours German botanist Gerhard Eigler.[3]
Species
[edit]- Eiglera flavida (Hepp ex Kremp.) Hafellner (1984)
- Eiglera homalomorpha (Nyl.) Clauzade & Cl.Roux (2001)[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
- ^ "Eiglera". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Hafellner, J. (1984). "Studien in Richtung einer natürlichen Gliederung der Sammelfamilien Lecanoracae und Lecideaceae" [Studies towards a natural classification of the collective families Lecanoracae and Lecideaceae]. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia (in German). 79: 241–371 [276].
- ^ Hafellner, J.; Türk, R. (2001). "Die liechenisierten Pilze Österreichs - eine Checkliste der bisher nachgewiesenen Arten mit Verbreitungsangaben" [The lichenised fungi of Austria – a checklist of the species detected so far with information on their distribution]. Stapfia (in German). 76: 152.
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