''Aphanopsis'' is a
genus of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[Aphanopsidaceae
Aphanopsidaceae is a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. It contains the genera '' Aphanopsis'' and ''Steinia'', comprising five species. The family was circumscribed
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. It was
circumscribed
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by Finnish lichenologist
William Nylander in 1882, with ''
Aphanopsis terrigena'' as the
type species.
''
Aphanopsis coenosa'', originally
described as ''Collema coenosum'' by
Erik Acharius in 1810, was added to the genus in 1984.
References
Ascomycota genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1882
Taxa named by William Nylander (botanist)
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