''Parasiphula'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
crustose lichen
Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichens consists of a cor ...
s in the family
Coccotremataceae
The Coccotremataceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Pertusariales. Species in this widely distributed family grow on bark or rocks, especially in maritime regions.
Genera
, Species Fungorum accepts 3 genera and 23 species, in ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every po ...
by
Gintaras Kantvilas
Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956) is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with a thesis entitled ''Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens''. He has authored over 432 species names, and 167 gener ...
and Martin Grube in 2006, and contains seven species that are known from cool to cold latitudes in the
Southern Hemisphere.
Species
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Parasiphula comata''
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Parasiphula complanata''
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Parasiphula elixii''
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Parasiphula foliacea''
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Parasiphula fragilis''
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Parasiphula georginae''
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Parasiphula jamesii''
References
Pertusariales
Pertusariales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 2006
Taxa named by Gintaras Kantvilas
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