''Byssolecania'' 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 ...

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...

-forming

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in the family

Pilocarpaceae The Pilocarpaceae are a family of crustose lichens in the order Lecanorales. The species of this family have a cosmopolitan distribution and have been found in a variety of climatic regions. Pilocarpaceae was circumscribed by Alexander Zahlbruck ...

Species

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(in the

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) accept five species of ''Byssolecania'': * ''

Byssolecania fuscolivida ''Byssolecania'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae. Species , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept five species of ''Byssolecania'': * '' Byssolecania fuscolivida'' * '' Byssolecania pluriseptata'' ...

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Byssolecania pluriseptata ''Byssolecania'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae. Species , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept five species of ''Byssolecania'': * ''Byssolecania fuscolivida'' * '' Byssolecania pluriseptata'' ...

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Byssolecania subvezdae ''Byssolecania'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae. Species , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept five species of ''Byssolecania'': * ''Byssolecania fuscolivida'' * ''Byssolecania pluriseptata'' * ...

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Byssolecania variabilis ''Byssolecania'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae. Species , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept five species of ''Byssolecania'': * '' Byssolecania fuscolivida'' * '' Byssolecania pluriseptata'' ...

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Byssolecania vezdae ''Byssolecania'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae. Species , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, pla ...

References

Pilocarpaceae Lichen genera Lecanorales genera Taxa named by Edvard August Vainio Taxa described in 1921 {{Lecanorales-stub