''Verruculopsis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

saxicolous A saxicolous lichen is a lichen that grows on rock. The prefix "sax" from the Latin means "rock" or "stone". Characteristics Saxicolous lichens exhibit very slow growth rates. They may develop on rock substrates for long periods of time, give ...

(rock-dwelling),

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 ...

s in the family

Verrucariaceae The Verrucariaceae are a family of mostly lichenised fungi in the order Verrucariales. The lichen-forming species, which comprise the vast majority of the family, have a wide variety of thallus forms, and include crustose (crust-like), foliose ( ...

. It 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 polyg ...

in 2007 by

Cécile Gueidan Cécile Gueidan is a mycologist and lichenologist who applies morphological and molecular biological methods to the origin and taxonomy of fungi that live in lichen symbioses and within rocks. Early life and education Gueidan began working on ...

, Pere Navarro-Rosinés, and

Claude Roux Claude Roux is a French lichenologist, mycologist and Esperantist. He has co-authored books about the identification of lichens written in Esperanto. Career Between 1969 and 1975 Roux was employed as a biology and geology teacher in a secondary ...

, with '' Verruculopsis poeltiana'' assigned as the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

Species

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Verruculopsis beltraminiana ''Verruculopsis'' is a genus of saxicolous lichen, saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 2007 by Cécile Gueidan, Pere Navarro-Rosinés, and Claude Roux, wit ...

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Verruculopsis flavescentaria ''Verruculopsis'' is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It was circumscribed in 2007 by Cécile Gueidan, Pere Navarro-Rosinés, and Claude Roux, with '' Verruculopsis poeltiana'' assigned as the ...

'' *'' Verruculopsis irrubescentis'' *'' Verruculopsis lecideoides'' *'' Verruculopsis poeltiana''

References

Verrucariales Eurotiomycetes genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 2007 Taxa named by Cécile Gueidan Taxa named by Claude Roux {{Eurotiomycetes-stub