Stirtoniella

Stirtoniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Ramalinaceae
Genus:	Stirtoniella; D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005)
Type species
	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.
^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
^ Stirton J. (1873). "Additions to the lichen flora of New Zealand". Transactions of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists. 1: 15–23.
^ Galloway DJ, Hafellner J, Elix JA (2005). "Stirtoniella, a new genus for Catillaria kelica (Lecanorales: Ramalinaceae)" (PDF). The Lichenologist. 37 (3): 261–71. doi:10.1017/S002428290501501X.

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