Placynthiella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trapeliaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Russian lichenologist Alexander Elenkin in 1909, with Placynthiella arenicola designated as the type species.

Placynthiella
An ascus from an apothecium of Placynthiella oligotropha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Baeomycetales
Family: Trapeliaceae
Genus: Placynthiella
Elenkin (1909)
Type species
Placynthiella arenicola
Elenkin (1909)

Species edit

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:11336/151990.
  2. ^ Lendemer, J.C. (2004). "Placynthiella knudsenii sp. nov., a new lichen from western North America". Opuscula Philolichenum. 1: 75–78.