''Elixia'' 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 family

Elixiaceae The Elixiaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Umbilicariales. It contains two genera, '' Meridianelia'', and the type genus, ''Elixia'', which together have a total of three species. The family was circumscribed by lichenologi ...

. It has two species: *''

Elixia cretica ''Elixia cretica'' is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Elixiaceae. It is only known to occur in a single location in the mountains of the Greek island of Crete. Taxonomy The lichen was described as ...

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Elixia flexella Elixia is a Nordic chain of fitness centers that offers everything from strength training, cardio and weight training to different types of classes, such as aerobics, dance, fitness, martial arts, yoga and cycling hours. ELIXIA Holding AS is t ...

'' 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 ...

in 1997 by H. Thorsten Lumbsch. The genus name honours Australian lichenologist

John Alan Elix John Alan (Jack) Elix (born 1941) emeritus professor in chemistry at the Australian National University, is an organic chemist who has contributed in many fields: lichenology, lichen chemotaxonomy, plant physiology and biodiversity and natural p ...

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Lecanoromycetes Lecanoromycetes genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 1997 Taxa named by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch {{Lecanoromycetes-stub