Australidea

Australidea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Malmideaceae
Genus:	Australidea; Kantvilas, Wedin & M.Svenss. (2021)
Species:	A. canorufescens
Binomial name
	Australidea canorufescens; (Kremp.) Kantvilas, Wedin & M.Svenss. (2021)
Synonyms
	Lecidea canorufescens Kremp. (1876); Biatora canorufescens (Kremp.) Hellb. (1896); Lecidea intervertens Nyl. (1888);

Australidea is a genus in the family Malmideaceae. It is monospecific, containing a single species, the crustose lichen Australidea canorufescens. The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas, Mats Wedin, and Måns Svensson in 2021 to contain the species previously known as Lecidea canorufescens. This lichen is widespread in temperate Australia.^[2]

References

^ "Synonymy: Lecidea canorufescens Kremp., Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26: 454 (1876)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ Kantvilas, Gintaras; Wedin, Mats; Svensson, Måns (2021). "Australidea (Malmideaceae, Lecanorales), a new genus of lecideoid lichens, with notes on the genus Malcolmiella". The Lichenologist. 53 (5): 395–407. doi:10.1017/s0024282921000311. S2CID 238638591.

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[Species_Fungorum_synonymy-1] "Synonymy: Lecidea canorufescens Kremp., Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26: 454 (1876)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[Kantvilas_et_al._2021-2] Kantvilas, Gintaras; Wedin, Mats; Svensson, Måns (2021). "Australidea (Malmideaceae, Lecanorales), a new genus of lecideoid lichens, with notes on the genus Malcolmiella". The Lichenologist. 53 (5): 395–407. doi:10.1017/s0024282921000311. S2CID 238638591.

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