''Vezdaea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichens consists of a cor ...

s in the monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only

taxon In biology, a taxon ( back-formation from '' taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular n ...

in the order Vezdaeales. 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. Not every po ...

Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess (28 January 1917 – 26 April 2001) was an Austrian University lecturer, cytologist, and phycologist who worked with lichen photobionts. In 1994, Tschermak-Woess was awarded the Acharius Medal for her lifetime contri ...

and

Josef Poelt Josef Poelt was a botanist, bryologist and lichenologist. He held the chair in Systematic Botany and Plant Geography at the Free University of Berlin (1965 - 1972) and then was head of the Botanical Institute and Botanical Garden of Graz Universi ...

in 1976. The genus name honours Czech lichenologist

Antonín Vězda Antonín (Toni) Vězda (25 November 1920 – 10 November 2008) was a Czech lichenologist. After completing a university education that was postponed by World War II, Vězda taught botany at the Czech University of Life Sciences. In 1958, he ...

(1920-2008).

Species

*'' Vezdaea acicularis'' *''

Vezdaea aestivalis ''Vezdaea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only taxon in the order Vezdaeales. The genus was circumscribed by Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess and Josef Poelt in 1976. The genus name honours Cze ...

'' *'' Vezdaea cobria'' *'' Vezdaea dawsoniae'' *'' Vezdaea flava'' *'' Vezdaea foliicola'' *''

Vezdaea leprosa ''Vezdaea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only taxon in the order Vezdaeales. The genus was circumscribed by Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess and Josef Poelt in 1976. The genus name honours Cze ...

'' *'' Vezdaea obscura'' *'' Vezdaea poeltiana'' *'' Vezdaea polyspora'' *'' Vezdaea retigera'' *'' Vezdaea rheocarpa'' *'' Vezdaea schuyleriana'' *'' Vezdaea stipitata''

References

Pezizomycotina Lichen genera Taxa described in 1976 Ascomycota genera Taxa named by Josef Poelt {{Ascomycota-stub