Phlyctis

Phlyctis
	Phlyctis argena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Ostropales
Family:	Phlyctidaceae
Genus:	Phlyctis; (Wallr.) Flot. (1850)
Type species
	Phlyctis agelaea; (Ach.) Flot. (1850)

Phlyctis is a genus of fungi in the order Ostropales. Members of the genus are commonly called blemished lichens.^[1]^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Julius von Flotow in 1850.^[3] The Dictionary of the Fungi (2008) estimated the widespread genus to contain 12 species,^[4] but several new species have been described since then.

Species

References

^ http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
^ "Blemished Lichen (Phlyctis), Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
^ Flotow J. (1850). "Lichenologische Beiträge zur Flora Europaea". Botanische Zeitung (in German). 8: 569–75.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

External links

Phlyctis in Index Fungorum

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[USDA-1] ttp://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch

[2] "Blemished Lichen (Phlyctis), Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2018-08-31.

[Flotow1850-3] Flotow J. (1850). "Lichenologische Beiträge zur Flora Europaea". Botanische Zeitung (in German). 8: 569–75.

[Kirk2008-4] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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