Letrouitiaceae
The Letrouitiaceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The family, which has a widespread distribution, contains the single genus Letrouitia, which contains about 15 species.[1] [2] The family and the genus, both circumscribed in 1982 by André Bellemère and Josef Hafellner, are named in honour of Marie-Agnès Letrouit-Galinou.[3]
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| Family: | Letrouitiaceae Bellem. & Hafellner (1982) |
| Genus: | Letrouitia |
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| Letrouitia domingensis (Pers.) Hafellner & Bellem. (1982) | |
Species
- Letrouitia aureola (Tuck.) Hafellner & Bellem. (1982)
- Letrouitia bifera (Nyl.) Hafellner (1983)
- Letrouitia corallina (Müll. Arg.) Hafellner (1983)
- Letrouitia coralloidea (Müll. Arg.) Hafellner (1983)
- Letrouitia domingensis (Pers.) Hafellner & Bellem. (1982)
- Letrouitia flavidula (Tuck.) Hafellner (1983), [RSD]
- Letrouitia flavocrocea (Nyl.) Hafellner & Bellem. (1982)
- Letrouitia hafellneri S.Y. Kondr. & Elix (2008)
- Letrouitia leprolyta (Nyl.) Hafellner (1983)
- Letrouitia leprolytoides S.Y. Kondr. & Elix (2008)
- Letrouitia muralis Hafellner (1983)
- Letrouitia parabola (Nyl.) R. Sant. & Hafellner (1982)
- Letrouitia pseudomuralis Hafellner (1983)
- Letrouitia spiralis Hafellner (1983)
- Letrouitia subvulpina (Nyl.) Hafellner (1983)
- Letrouitia transgressa (Malme) Hafellner & Bellem. (1983)
- Letrouitia vulpina (Tuck.) Hafellner & Bellem. (1982)
References
- Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Hafellner, Josef; Bellemère, André (1981). Elektronenoptische Untersuchungen an Arten der Flechtengattung Letrouitia gen. nov [Electron-optical investigations on species of the lichen genus Letrouitia gen. nov.]. Nova Hedwigia (in German). 35. p. 282.
Wir widmen diese Gattung Frau Prof. Dr. Marie-Agnes Letrout-Galinou (Paris), die sich um die lichenologische Feinstrukturforschung große Verdienste erworben hat. ("We dedicate this genus to Prof. Dr. Marie-Agnès Letrout-Galinou (Paris), who has made great contributions to lichenological fine structure research."
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