Aphanopsis

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

A. terrigena
A. coenosa

Aphanopsis is a genus of lichens in the family Aphanopsidaceae. It was circumscribed by the 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]

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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