''Mazaediothecium'' 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
calicioid lichens in the family
Pyrenulaceae
The Pyrenulaceae are a family of mostly lichenized fungi in the order Pyrenulales. The family was circumscribed by the German botanist Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst in 1870. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, but are especially pr ...
. It has four species.
The genus was
circumscribed by Dutch lichenologist
André Aptroot
André Aptroot ( Heemskerk, 1961) is a Dutch mycologist and lichenologist. His primary research focus is on biodiversity, particularly tropical lichens, encompassing systematics, floristic surveys, and taxonomic reviews. A prolific research ...
in 1991, with ''Mazaediothecium rubiginosum'' assigned as the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
.
Species
*''
Mazaediothecium album''
*''
Mazaediothecium mohamedii''
– Malaysia
*''
Mazaediothecium rubiginosum''
*''
Mazaediothecium uniseptatum''
–
French Guiana
French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...
References
Pyrenulales
Lichen genera
Eurotiomycetes genera
Taxa named by André Aptroot
Taxa described in 1991
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