''Pentagenella'' 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 ...
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
Opegraphaceae
''Opegraphaceae'' is a family of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi in the order Arthoniales. It was originally proposed by German lichenologist Ernst Stizenberger in 1862. It fell into disuse, but was resurrected in a molecular phylogenetic ...
. It contains five species.
Species
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Pentagenella corallina
''Pentagenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It contains five species.
Species
*'' Pentagenella corallina''
*''Pentagenella fragillima
''Pentagenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opeg ...
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Pentagenella fragillima
''Pentagenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae
''Opegraphaceae'' is a family of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi in the order Arthoniales. It was originally proposed by German lichenologist Ernst Stizenbe ...
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Pentagenella gracillima
''Pentagenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It contains five species.
Species
*''Pentagenella corallina''
*''Pentagenella fragillima
''Pentagenella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegr ...
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Pentagenella langei''
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Pentagenella ligulata''
References
Arthoniomycetes
Arthoniomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1897
Taxa named by Otto Vernon Darbishire
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