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Xenolecia

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Xenolecia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecideales
Family: Lecideaceae
Genus: Xenolecia
Hertel (1984)
Type species
Xenolecia spadicomma
(Nyl.) Hertel (1984)
Species

X. cataractarum
X. spadicomma

Xenolecia is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) and crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae.[1] It has two species: X. cataractarum, and the type species, X. spadicomma. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Hannes Hertel in 1987 to contain the type, a lichen known at that time only from the type locality on Wellington Island, Chile.[2] Its range has since been expanded to include the Falkland Islands and northern Patagonia. X. cataractarum, found in Campbell Island, New Zealand was added to the genus in 2017.[3]

References

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  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:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Hertel, H. (1984). Über saxicole, lecideoide Flechten der Subantarktis [On saxicolous, lecideoid lichens of the Subantarctic]. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia (in German). Vol. 79. J. Cramer. pp. 399–499 [440]. ISBN 978-3-7682-5479-3.
  3. ^ Fryday, Alan M.; Thüs, Holger (2017). "The genus Xenolecia (Lecideaceae s. lat., Lecanoromycetidae inc. sed.), including a second species in the genus from Campbell Island, New Zealand". The Lichenologist. 49 (4): 365–372. doi:10.1017/s0024282917000287. S2CID 89780362.