''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of

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Taxonomy

The genus was

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by French botanist

Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée was a French botanist who was born in Ardentes, 7 November 1789, and died in Paris on 21 May 1874. He was the author of works on botany and mycology, practical and historical pharmacology, Darwinism, and his expe ...

in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicurtia'' is in honour of Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt (1731–1799) who was a French chemist who synthesised the first organometalic compound. It was later resurrected by Bernhard Marbach in his 2000

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on '' Buellia'' sensu lato. The genus contains species that are part of the tropical ''Buellia'' group with 2-celled ascospores, and which lack algae in the margin.

Species

, Species Fungorum accepts 30 species in the genus ''Gassicurtia'': Buellia catasema - Flickr - pellaea

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Gassicurtia acidobaeomyceta ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassi ...

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Gassicurtia albomarginata ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

'' (2016) *'' Gassicurtia bellardii'' (2000) *'' Gassicurtia blencoensis'' (2016) – Australia *''

Gassicurtia capricornica ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassi ...

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Gassicurtia caririensis ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

'' (2014) – Brazil *''

Gassicurtia catasema ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

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Gassicurtia chermesina ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

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Gassicurtia clathrisidiata ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

'' (2007) – Thailand *''

Gassicurtia coccifera ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

'' (2000) *'' Gassicurtia coccinea'' (1825) *''

Gassicurtia coccinoides ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

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Gassicurtia dodecaspora ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

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Gassicurtia elizae ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

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Gassicurtia endococcinea ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

'' (2017) – Brazil *''

Gassicurtia ferruginascens ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

'' (2000) *'' Gassicurtia gallowayi'' (2015) – Australia *'' Gassicurtia jamesii'' (2018) – New Zealand *'' Gassicurtia manguensia'' (2000) *'' Gassicurtia marbachii'' (2009) *'' Gassicurtia nordinii'' (2009) *'' Gassicurtia omiae'' (2009) *'' Gassicurtia pseudosubpulchella'' (2000) *'' Gassicurtia restingiana'' (2020) – Brazil *'' Gassicurtia rhizocarpoides'' (2018) – Brazil *'' Gassicurtia rubromarginata'' (2014) – Brazil *'' Gassicurtia rufofuscescens'' (2000) *''

Gassicurtia subpulchella ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassi ...

'' (2000) *'' Gassicurtia vaccinii'' (2000) *''

Gassicurtia vernicoma ''Gassicurtia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: XLVI, 100 in 1825. The genus name of ''Gassicur ...

'' (2000) *'' Gassicurtia victoriana'' (2015) – Australia

References

Cited literature

* Caliciales Caliciales genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 1845 Taxa named by Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée {{Caliciales-stub