Stirtoniella

Stirtoniella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Ramalinaceae
Genus:	Stirtoniella; D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005)
Species:	S. kelica
Binomial name
	Stirtoniella kelica; (Stirt.) D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005)
Synonyms
	Lecidea kelica Stirt. (1873); Catillaria kelica (Stirt.) Zahlbr. (1926);

Stirtoniella is a lichen genus in the family Ramalinaceae.^[2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Stirtoniella kelica, a crustose and corticolous lichen originally described from New Zealand in 1873 as a species of Lecidea.^[3] The photobiont is an alga of the family Chlorococcaceae. The genus is named after Scottish mycologist James Stirton.^[4]

References

^ "Synonymy: Stirtoniella kelica (Stirt.) D.J. Galloway, Hafellner & Elix". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2.
^ Stirton, J. (1873). "Additions to the lichen flora of New Zealand". Transactions of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists. 1: 15–23.
^ Galloway, D.J.; Hafellner, J.; Elix, J.A. (2005). "Stirtoniella, a new genus for Catillaria kelica (Lecanorales: Ramalinaceae)" (PDF). The Lichenologist. 37 (3): 261–271. doi:10.1017/S002428290501501X. S2CID 84916143.

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