''Pterygiopsis'' is a
genus of
fungi within the family
Lichinaceae
The Lichinaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi. Most species are lichenized with cyanobacteria, and have a distribution largely in temperate regions.
Taxonomy
The family was circumscribed in 1854 by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander. H ...
. It contains 11 species.
Taxonomy
The genus was
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 ...
by the Finnish lichenologist
Edvard August Vainio
Edvard August Vainio (born Edvard Lang; 5 August 185314 May 1929) was a Finnish lichenology, lichenologist. His early works on the lichens of Lapland (Finland), Lapland, his three-volume monograph on the lichen genus ''Cladonia'', and, in parti ...
in 1890, to contain the single Brazilian species ''
Pterygiopsis atra''.
Species
* ''
Pterygiopsis atra''
* ''
Pterygiopsis australiensis''
* ''
Pterygiopsis cava''
* ''
Pterygiopsis concordatula
''Pterygiopsis'' is a genus of fungi within the family Lichinaceae. It contains 11 species.
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio in 1890, to contain the single Brazili ...
''
* ''
Pterygiopsis convoluta''
* ''
Pterygiopsis coracodiza''
* ''
Pterygiopsis densisidiata''
* ''
Pterygiopsis guyanensis''
* ''
Pterygiopsis lacustris''
* ''
Pterygiopsis mutabilis''
* ''
Pterygiopsis pulchra''
* ''
Pterygiopsis umbilicata''
References
Lichinomycetes
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Edvard August Vainio
Taxa described in 1890
Ascomycota genera
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