''Loxospora'' 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

fungi A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...

in the family Sarrameanaceae. It has 13 species. The genus was

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by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852, with '' Loxospora elatina'' assigned as the

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. This

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...

was originally named ''Lecanora elatina'' by

Erik Acharius Erik Acharius (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology". Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus. Life Ac ...

in 1810.

Species

*'' Loxospora assateaguensis'' –

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, USA *'' Loxospora cismonica'' *'' Loxospora confusa'' – mid-

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of eastern North America *'' Loxospora cristinae'' – Poland *'' Loxospora cyamidia'' *'' Loxospora elatina'' *''

Loxospora glaucomiza ''Loxospora'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sarrameanaceae. It has 13 species. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852, with '' Loxospora elatina'' assigned as the type spec ...

'' *'' Loxospora isidiata'' *'' Loxospora lecanoriformis'' –

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, Australia *''

Loxospora ochrophaea ''Loxospora'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sarrameanaceae. It has 13 species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852, with ''Loxospora elatina'' ...

'' *''

Loxospora septata ''Loxospora septata'' is a species of crustose lichen in the family Sarrameanaceae. It was first formally described as a new species in 1991 by Harrie Sipman and André Aptroot as ''Sarrameana septata'' The type was collected in Mt. Gahavisuki P ...

'' *''

Loxospora solenospora ''Loxospora'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sarrameanaceae. It has 13 species. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852, with '' Loxospora elatina'' assigned as the type spec ...

'' ''Loxospora pustulata'' is now known as ''

Lepra pustulata Lepra may refer to: * Lepra, a UK-based international charity * '' Lepra'', a genus of lichens {{disambig ...

''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10570304 Lecanoromycetes Lecanoromycetes genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 1852 Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo