Loxosporopsis

Loxosporopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Pertusariaceae
Genus: Loxosporopsis
Henssen (1995)
Type species
Loxosporopsis corallifera
Brodo, Henssen & Imshaug (1995)

Loxosporopsis is a genus of lichenized fungi in the Pertusariaceae family.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single crustose species Loxosporopsis corallifera, found in northwestern North America.[2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Brodo IM, Henssen A (1995). "A new isidiate crustose lichen in northwestern North America". In Farkas EE, Lücking R, Wirth V. Scripta Lichenologica – Lichenological Papers Dedicated to Antonín Vezda. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 58. Berlin, Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 27–41.


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