Kantvilasia

Kantvilasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Pilocarpaceae
Genus:	Kantvilasia; P.M.McCarthy, Elix & Sérus. (2000)
Type species
	Kantvilasia hians; P.M.McCarthy, Elix & Sérus. (2000)

Kantvilasia is a lichen genus in the family Pilocarpaceae.^[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Kantvilasia hians.

The genus and species were described in 2000 by Patrick McCarthy, John Elix and Emmanuël Sérusiaux, and the genus name honours Australian lichenologist Gintaras Kantvilas.^[2]

References[]

^ 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.
^ McCarthy, P. M.; Elix, J. A.; Sérusiaux, E. (2007). "Kantvilasia (Lecanorales, Ectolechiaceae), a new foliicolous lichen genus from Tasmania" (PDF). The Lichenologist. 32 (4): 317–324. doi:10.1006/lich.2000.0268.

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