''Rhizoplaca shushanii'' is a species 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 ...
in the family
Lecanoraceae
The Lecanoraceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.
Taxonomy
Lecanoraceae was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855.
Genera
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References
Further reading
*Kondratyuk, S. Y., et al. "Molecular phylogeny of placodioid lichen-forming fungi reveal a new genus, Sedelnikovaea." Mycotaxon 129.2 (2015): 269–282.
*Leavitt, Steven D., et al. "Resolving evolutionary relationships in lichen-forming fungi using diverse phylogenomic datasets and analytical approaches." Scientific reports 6 (2016).
Lecanoraceae
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2013
Taxa named by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch
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