''Parasiphula'' is a
genus
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of
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 family
Coccotremataceae
The Coccotremataceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Pertusariales. Species in this widely distributed family grow on bark or rocks, especially in maritime regions.
Genera
, Species Fungorum accepts 3 genera and 23 species, in ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Gintaras Kantvilas
Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956) is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with a thesis entitled ''Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens''. He has authored over 432 species names, and 167 gener ...
and Martin Grube in 2006, and contains seven species that are known from cool to cold latitudes in the
Southern Hemisphere.
Species
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Parasiphula comata
''Parasiphula'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Coccotremataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas and Martin Grube in 2006, and contains seven species that are known from cool to cold latitudes in the Southern Hemi ...
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Parasiphula complanata
''Parasiphula'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Coccotremataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas and Martin Grube in 2006, and contains seven species that are known from cool to cold latitudes in the Southern Hemi ...
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Parasiphula elixii
''Parasiphula'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Coccotremataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas and Martin Grube in 2006, and contains seven species that are known from cool to cold latitudes in the Southern Hemi ...
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Parasiphula foliacea
''Parasiphula'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Coccotremataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas and Martin Grube in 2006, and contains seven species that are known from cool to cold latitudes in the Southern Hemi ...
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Parasiphula fragilis''
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Parasiphula georginae''
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Parasiphula jamesii
''Parasiphula'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Coccotremataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas
Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956) is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University o ...
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References
Pertusariales
Pertusariales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 2006
Taxa named by Gintaras Kantvilas
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