Placynthiella

Placynthiella
An ascus from an apothecium of Placynthiella oligotropha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Baeomycetales
Family:	Trapeliaceae
Genus:	Placynthiella Elenkin (1909)
Type species
Placynthiella arenicola Elenkin (1909)

Placynthiella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trapeliaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Russian lichenologist Alexander Elenkin in 1909, with Placynthiella arenicola designated as the type species.

Species

• Placynthiella arenicola Elenkin (1909)
• Placynthiella borsodensis Gyeln. (1939)
• Placynthiella dasaea (Stirt.) Tønsberg (1992)
• Placynthiella hurii S.Y.Kondr. & Lőkös (2017)
• Placynthiella hyporhoda (Th.Fr.) Coppins & P.James (1984)
• Placynthiella icmalea (Ach.) Coppins & P.James (1984)
• Placynthiella knudsenii Lendemer (2004)[2] – North America
• Placynthiella oligotropha (J.R.Laundon) Coppins & P.James (1984)
• Placynthiella uliginosa (Schrad.) Coppins & P.James (1984)

References

1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:11336/151990.
2. Lendemer, J.C. (2004). "Placynthiella knudsenii sp. nov., a new lichen from western North America". Opuscula Philolichenum. 1: 75–78.