Eremastrella is a genus of lichen in the family Psoraceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by the lichenologist Stefan Vogel in 1955, with Eremastrella tobleri assigned as the type species.[2]

Eremastrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Psoraceae
Genus: Eremastrella
S.Vogel (1955)
Type species
Eremastrella tobleri
S.Vogel (1955)
Species

E. montana
E. tobleri

Species edit

The species once named Eremastrella crystallifera (Taylor) Gotth.Schneid. (1980) is now known as Psora crystallifera.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Vogel, S. (1955). "Niedere "Fensterpflanzen" in der südafrikanischen Wüste". Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen (in German). 31: 104.
  3. ^ Brusse, F.A. (1987). "Eremastrella montana (Psoraceae), a new lichen species from the Drakensberg, South Africa". Mycotaxon. 29: 177–181.
  4. ^ "Record Details: Eremastrella crystallifera (Taylor) Gotth. Schneid., Biblthca Lichenol. 13: 76 (1980) [1979]". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 15 November 2021.