Ancistrosporella is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Roccellaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1995 by Swedish lichenologist Göran Thor, with Ancistrosporella australiensis assigned as the type species.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Roccellaceae |
| Genus: | Ancistrosporella G.Thor (1995) |
| Type species | |
| Ancistrosporella australiensis (G.Thor) G.Thor (1995)
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| Species | |
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A. australiensis | |
Species edit
As of November 2022[update], Species Fungorum accepts six species of Ancistrosporella:[3]
- Ancistrosporella australiensis (G.Thor) G.Thor (1995)
- Ancistrosporella curvata (Aptroot) Komposch (2002)
- Ancistrosporella gracilior (Nyl.) Lücking (2021)
- Ancistrosporella leucophila (Nyl.) Ertz (2018)
- Ancistrosporella onchospora (Nyl.) Ertz (2018)
- Ancistrosporella psoromica Komposch, Aptroot & Hafellner (2002)[4] – Venezuela
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.
- ^ Thor, G. (1994). "Ancistroporella nom. nov. (Arthoniales)". Systema Ascomycetum. 13: 181.
- ^ "Ancistrosporella - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Komposch, Harald; Aptroot, André; Hafellner, Josef (2002). "New species of lichenized and non-lichenized Ascomycetes from a rainforest canopy in southern Venezuela". The Lichenologist. 34 (3): 223–235. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0391. S2CID 85603895.
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