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 in the family Pannariaceae. The genus was originally
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every po ...
as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
of the genus '' Pannaria'' by Hungarian lichenologist
Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik
Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik (March 30, 1906 – March 15, 1945) was a Hungarian botanist and lichenologist.
Prior to earning his PhD in 1929 from Budapest University, he spent a year in Cairo to help organize a botanical museum. In 1930 he started ...
. Per Magnus Jørgensen and Stefan Ekman promoted ''Protopannaria'' to full status as a genus in 2000.
Species
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Protopannaria alcicornis
''Protopannaria'' is a genus of seven species of lichenized fungi in the family Pannariaceae. The genus was originally circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed as a subgenus of the genus ''Pannaria'' by Hungarian lichenologist Vilmos Kőfaragó- ...