''Vezdaea'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only

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in the order Vezdaeales. The genus was

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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 contribut ...

and Josef Poelt 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 Prague, Czech U ...

(1920-2008).

Species

*'' Vezdaea acicularis'' *'' Vezdaea aestivalis'' *'' Vezdaea cobria'' *'' Vezdaea dawsoniae'' *'' Vezdaea flava'' *'' Vezdaea foliicola'' *'' Vezdaea leprosa'' *'' 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 Taxa named by Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess {{Ascomycota-stub