''Koerberia'' 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
Koerberiaceae
Koerberiaceae is a small family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Peltigerales. It contains 3 genera and 9 species. The family was proposed by Toby Spribille and Lucia Muggia in 2012, after molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed the existenc ...
.
The genus name of ''Koerberia'' is in honour of
Gustav Wilhelm Körber (1817–1885), who was a German
lichenologist.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in Geneacaena vol.4 on page 6 in 1854.
References
Peltigerales
Lichen genera
Peltigerales genera
Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Taxa described in 1854
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