''Paraporpidia'' 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

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in the family

Lecideaceae The Lecideaceae are a family (biology), family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecideales. It contains about 30 genus, genera and roughly 250 species. A major distinguishing characteristic of the family is the form of the ascomata, fruit ...

. It has three species of

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(rock-dwelling)

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 ...

s. The genus was

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by Gerhard Rambold and M. Pietschmann in 1989, with ''Paraporpidia aboriginum'' assigned as the

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Species

* ''

Paraporpidia aboriginum ''Paraporpidia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecideaceae. It has three species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichens. The genus was circumscribed by Gerhard Rambold and M. Pietschmann in 1989, with ''Paraporpidia ab ...

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Paraporpidia glauca ''Paraporpidia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecideaceae. It has three species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichens. The genus was circumscribed by Gerhard Rambold and M. Pietschmann in 1989, with ''Paraporpidia ab ...

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Paraporpidia leptocarpa ''Paraporpidia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecideaceae. It has three species of saxicolous lichen, saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichens. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Gerhard Rambold and ...

'' A fourth species, ''Paraporpidia neotropica'', was proposed by

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 ...

and Felix Schumm in 2023. It occurs in Brazil.

References

Lecideales Lecideales genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 1989 Taxa named by Gerhard Rambold {{Lecanoromycetes-stub