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Lecania

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Lecania
Lecania fructigena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Lecania
A.Massal. (1853)
Type species
Lecania fuscella
(Schaer.) A.Massal. (1853)

Lecania is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1853.[2] Lecania is widely distributed, especially in temperate regions, and contains about 64 species.[3]

Species

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Lecania croatica

References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:11336/151990.
  2. ^ Massalongo, A. (1853). Alcuni generi di licheni nuovamente limitati e descritti (in Italian). pp. 1–44.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 364. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. ^ Fryday, Alan M. (2019). "Eleven new species of crustose lichenized fungi from the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)". The Lichenologist. 51 (3): 235–267. doi:10.1017/S0024282919000185. S2CID 196649792.