''Fulgogasparrea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...

s in the subfamily Xanthorioideae of the family

Teloschistaceae The Teloschistaceae are a large family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The family, estimated to contain over 1800 species, was extensively revised in 2013, including the creation o ...

. It has five species. The genus was

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in 2013, with '' Fulgogasparrea decipioides'' assigned as the

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; this lichen had originally been formally described as a species of ''

Caloplaca ''Caloplaca'' is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, gold lichens, "ora ...

'', and then a couple of years later transferred to '' Wetmoreana''. Six are credited with authorship of the genus:

Sergey Kondratyuk Sergey Yakovlevich Kondratyuk ( uk, Сергій Якович Кондратюк) (born 17 May 1959) is a Ukrainian botanist specialising in lichenology. His research deals with the taxonomy, floristics, ecology and geography of lichens and lic ...

, Jeong Min-hye,

Ingvar Kärnefelt Jan Eric Ingvar Kärnefelt (born 1944) is a Swedish lichenologist. Early life and education Kärnefelt was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1944. His initial goal in his higher-level studies at University of Cologne in 1966–1967 was to become ...

John Alan Elix John Alan (Jack) Elix (born 1941) emeritus professor in chemistry at the Australian National University, is an organic chemist who has contributed in many fields: lichenology, lichen chemotaxonomy, plant physiology and biodiversity and natural p ...

, Arne Thell, and Jae-Seoun Hur. The genus name alludes to the resemblance of the type species with both of the Teloschistaceae genera ''

Fulgensia ''Fulgensia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. Gallery Image:Fulgensia fulgens Psora decipiens 141007.jpg, ''Fulgensia fulgens'', above (yellow) ''Psora decipiens'', below (red), Tauberland, Germany Image:Fulgensia ...

'' (subfamily Caloplacoideae) and '' Gasparrinia'' (subfamily Xanthorioideae).

Species

*'' Fulgogasparrea appressa'' *''

Fulgogasparrea awasthii ''Fulgogasparrea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the subfamily Xanthorioideae of the family Teloschistaceae. It has five species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 2013, with ''Fulgogasparrea decipioides'' assigned as ...

'' *'' Fulgogasparrea brouardii'' *'' Fulgogasparrea decipioides'' – South Korea *'' Fulgogasparrea intensa'' – Brazil

References

Teloschistales Teloschistales genera Taxa described in 2015 Taxa named by Ingvar Kärnefelt Taxa named by John Alan Elix Taxa named by Sergey Kondratyuk Taxa named by Jae-Seoun Hur Taxa named by Arne Thell {{Teloschistales-stub