''Topelia'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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within the family
Stictidaceae.
The genus name of ''Topelia'' is an
anagram
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in honour of Josef Poelt (1924-1995), who was a German-Austrian
botanist
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(Bryology, Mycology and Lichenology) and was Professor of Systematic Botany at the
Free University of Berlin
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in 1965.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Per Magnus Jørgensen and
Antonin Vězda Antonin may refer to:
People
* Antonin (name)
Places
;Poland
* Antonin, Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Ostrów ...
in Nova Hedwigia Beih. vol.79 on page 502 in 1984.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum;
* ''Topelia aperiens''
* ''Topelia argentinensis''
* ''Topelia brittonii''
* ''Topelia californica''
* ''Topelia gyalectodes''
* ''Topelia heterospora''
* ''Topelia jasonhurii''
* ''Topelia loekoesiana''
* ''Topelia nimisiana''
* ''Topelia rosea''
* ''Topelia tetraspora''
References
Ostropales
Lichen genera
Ostropales genera
Taxa named by Antonín Vězda
Taxa named by Per Magnus Jørgensen
Taxa described in 1984
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