Loxosporopsis is a fungal genus in the family Pertusariaceae. The genus is monotypic,[1] containing the single crustose lichen species Loxosporopsis corallifera, found in northwestern North America.[2]

Loxosporopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Pertusariaceae
Genus: Loxosporopsis
Henssen (1995)
Species:
L. corallifera
Binomial name
Loxosporopsis corallifera
Brodo, Henssen & Imshaug (1995)

References edit

  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; 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. ^ Brodo IM, Henssen A (1995). "A new isidiate crustose lichen in northwestern North America". In Farkas EE, Lücking R, Wirth V (eds.). Scripta Lichenologica – Lichenological Papers Dedicated to Antonín Vezda. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 58. Berlin, Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 27–41.