Austropeltum

Austropeltum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Sphaerophoraceae
Genus: Austropeltum
Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas (1992)
Type species
Austropeltum glareosum
Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas (1992)

Austropeltum is a genus of lichenized fungus in the order Lecanorales.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Austropeltum glareosum, found in Australia and New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 70. ISBN 9780851998268. 
  2. ^ Henssen A, Döring H, Kantvilas G. (1991). "Austropeltum glareosum gen. et sp. nov., a new lichen from Mountain Plateaux in Tasmania and New Zealand". Botanica Acta 105 (6): 457–67. ISSN 0932-8629. 

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