''Ingvariella'' is a lichen

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 ...

in the family Stictidaceae.

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in 1997, the genus is

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, containing the single widespread

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 ...

species ''Ingvariella bispora''. The species was originally called ''Urceolaria bispora'' by Italian lichenologist

Francesco Baglietto Francesco Baglietto (2 September 1826 – 24 February 1916) was an Italian physician and botanist, known for his studies on cryptogams, particularly on lichens. Biography Francesco Baglietto (2 September 1816 – 24 February 1916) was an Italia ...

in 1871. ''Ingvariella'' is named in honour of Swedish lichenologist

Ingvar Kärnefelt Jan Eric Ingvar Kärnefelt (born 1944) is a Swedish lichenologist. Early life and education Kärnefelt was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1944. His initial goal in his higher-level studies at University of Cologne in 1966–1967 was to become a ...

References

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