Elixia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Umbilicariales
Family: Elixiaceae
Genus: Elixia
Lumbsch (1997)
Type species
Elixia flexella
(Ach.) Lumbsch (1997)
Species

E. cretica
E. flexella

Elixia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Elixiaceae. It has two species:[1]

The genus was circumscribed in 1997 by H. Thorsten Lumbsch. The genus name honours Australian lichenologist John Alan Elix.[3]

References

  1. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378.
  2. Spribille, Toby; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2010). "A new species of Elixia (Umbilicariales) from Greece". The Lichenologist. 42 (4): 365–371. doi:10.1017/s0024282910000058. S2CID 85993249.
  3. 1 2 Lumbsch, H.T. (1997). "Systematic studies in the suborder Agyriineae (Lecanorales)". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 83: 62.


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