lichenized fungi
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Roccellaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species ''Simonyella variegata'' .
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.
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by
Julius Steiner
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in Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Nat. Kl. vol.71: I,
on page 96 in 1902.
The genus name of ''Simonyella'' is in honour of Oscar Simony (1852–1915), who was an Austrian mathematician and mountaineer. He was Professor of Mathematics and Physics in Vienna.