''Dibaeis'' 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 ...
of
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
fungi
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in the family
Icmadophilaceae
The Icmadophilaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Pertusariales. The family was circumscribed in 1993 by the mycologist Dagmar Treibel. It contains 9 genera and 35 species.
Description
Icmadophilaceae species are usually c ...
.
The genus is widely distributed in
tropical
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regions.
[ ''Dibaeis'' was ]circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
in 1909 by Frederic Edward Clements with '' Dibaeis rosea'' as the type species
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.[ Several species were transferred from other genera in a 1993 publication.][
]
Species
*'' Dibaeis absoluta''
*'' Dibaeis arcuata''
*'' Dibaeis birmensis''
*'' Dibaeis columbiana''
*'' Dibaeis cretacea''
*'' Dibaeis fungoides''
*'' Dibaeis globulifera''
*'' Dibaeis holstii''
*'' Dibaeis inaequalis''
*'' Dibaeis inundata''
*'' Dibaeis pulogensis''
*'' Dibaeis rosea''
*'' Dibaeis sorediata''
*'' Dibaeis stipitata''
*'' Dibaeis umbrelliformis''
*'' Dibaeis weberi''
*'' Dibaeis yurii''
References
Pertusariales
Pertusariales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1909
Taxa named by Frederic Clements
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