''Tania'' is a
genus
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of
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
The Roccellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Arthoniomycetes. Most taxa are lichenized with green algae, although some are lichenicolous, growing on other lichens.
Genera
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. It has two species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Maria Egea Fernández, Pilar Torrente and
Harrie Sipman in 1995, with ''
Tania lanosa'' assigned as the
type, and at that time, only species.
A second species, ''
T. mohamedii'', was added to the genus in 2006.
The genus name honours bryologist Benito Ching Tan (1946–2016), who organized the expedition to
Mount Kinabalu
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and collected the type species with Sipman.
Species
* ''
Tania lanosa''
* ''
Tania mohamedii''
References
Roccellaceae
Arthoniomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Harrie Sipman
Taxa described in 1995
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