Aphanopsis

Aphanopsis is a genus of lichens in the family Aphanopsidaceae. It was circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1882, with Aphanopsis terrigena as the type species.[1] Aphanopsis coenosa, originally described as Collema coenosum by Erik Acharius in 1810, was added to the genus in 1984.[2]

Aphanopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: incertae sedis
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Aphanopsidaceae
Genus: Aphanopsis
Nyl. (1882)
Type species
Aphanopsis terrigena
(Ach.) J.Lahm (1885)
Species

A. terrigena
A. coenosa

References

  1. Nylander, W. (1882). "Addenda nova ad Lichenographiam Europaeam. Contin. XXXIX". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 65: 451–458.
  2. Coppins, B.J.; James, P.W. (1984). "New or interesting British lichens V". The Lichenologist. 16 (3): 241–264. doi:10.1017/S0024282984000451.


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