Redonia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. It contains the single species Redonia chilena, a squamulose lichen. The type specimen was collected in Tarapacá, Chile, where it was found growing on calcareous soil. The genus was circumscribed in 1973 by Carroll William Dodge. The genus name honours Jorge Redón Figueroa, a Chilean lichenologist who collected the type.[1][2]

Redonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Redonia
C.W.Dodge (1973)
Species:
R. chilena
Binomial name
Redonia chilena
C.W.Dodge (1973)

In his original circumscription of the genus, Dodge included the species Redonia cladocarpiza (transferred from Buellia),[1] but this species is now known as Tetramelas cladocarpizus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Dodge, C.W. (1973). Lichen Flora of the Antarctic Continent and Aadjacent Islands. Phoenix Pub. p. 353. ISBN 978-0914016014.
  2. ^ Hertel, Hannes (2012). Gattungseponyme bei Flechten und Lichenicolen Pilzen. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 107. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-3-443-58086-5.
  3. ^ "Record Details: Redonia cladocarpiza (I.M. Lamb) C.W. Dodge, Lich. Fl. Antarct. Cont. adjac. Isls (Canaan, N. Hamp.): 354 (1973)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 25 September 2022.