''Muhria'' is a lichen

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in the family

Cladoniaceae The Cladoniaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales, comprising about 560 species distributed amongst 18 genera. This family is one of the largest among lichen-forming fungi and is globally distributed, from Arctic t ...

. It is

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, containing the single species ''Muhria urceolata''. The genus was

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by Norwegian lichenologist Per Magnus Jørgensen in 1987. The genus name of ''Muhria'' is in honour of Lars-Erik Muhr (b.1936), a Swedish teacher and botanist (Lichenology and Mycology). Filip Högnabba has proposed that the species should be placed in genus '' Stereocaulon''.

References

Cladoniaceae Lichen genera Monotypic Lecanorales genera Taxa described in 1987 Taxa named by Per Magnus Jørgensen {{Lecanorales-stub