Tholurna

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Tholurna
Tholurna dissimilis 239713.jpg
in Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Tholurna
(1861)[1]
Species:
T. dissimilis
Binomial name
Tholurna dissimilis
(Norman) Norman (1861)
Synonyms
  • Podocratera dissimilis Norman (1861)

Tholurna is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae.[2] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Tholurna dissimilis. This species was first described by as Podocratera dissimilis in 1861; he circumscribed the new genus Tholurna the same year to contain the species. It is found in Scandinavia and western North America.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Norman, J.M. (1861). "Descriptio speciei novae lichenis, quam detexit et sub nomine Tholurna dissimilis proponit". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 44: 409.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Otto, George F. (1983). "Tholurna dissimilis well established in western North America". The Bryologist. 86 (3): 263. doi:10.2307/3242716.


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