lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Baeomycetaceae. The genus contains two species: '' A. mooreana'', and the
type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
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circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
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in 2001 by
H. Thorsten Lumbsch
Helge Thorsten Lumbsch (born 1964) is a German-born lichenologist living in the United States. His research interests include the phylogeny, taxonomy, and phylogeography of lichen-forming fungi; lichen diversity; lichen chemistry and chemotax ...
and Imke Schmitt to contain the two species, which were formerly placed in genus ''
Trapelia
''Trapelia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trapeliaceae
Trapeliaceae is a family of lichens in the order Baeomycetales. The family contains 12 genera and about 125 species.
Taxonomy
Trapeliaceae was originally circumscribed ...
''. A third species, '' Ainoa bella'' from eastern North America, was added to the genus in 2015.
The genus name of ''Ainoa'' is in honour of
Aino Marjatta Henssen
Aino Marjatta Henssen (12 April 1925, Elberfeld – 29 August 2011, Marburg), was a German lichenologist and systematist. Her father, Gottfried Henssen, was a folklorist and her mother was Finnish.
Education and career
Henssen began her studie ...
(1925–2011), who was a German lichenologist and systematist.