''Euopsis'' is a
genus
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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.[fungi
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in the family
Harpidiaceae
Harpidiaceae is a small family of lichen-forming fungi, containing two genera and five species. It is of uncertain classification in the Pezizomycotina.
Taxonomy
The Harpidiaceae was first informally proposed by Antonín Vězda in 1974 to conta ...
. The genus contains two species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Finnish botanist
William Nylander
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in 1881.
Species
*''
Euopsis granatina''
*''
Euopsis pulvinata''
References
Pezizomycotina
Ascomycota families
Taxa described in 1881
Taxa named by William Nylander (botanist)
Lichen genera
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