Phoebus (lichen)

Phoebus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Phoebus
R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007)
Type species
Phoebus hydrophobius
R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007)

Phoebus is a lichenized genus of fungus in the family Roccellaceae. It contains only one species, Phoebus hydrophobius, found in the Ozarks of the central United States, and described as new to science in 2007.[1]

References

  1. Harris RC, Ladd D (2007). "New taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Ozark Ecoregion" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 4: 57–68.


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