''Parasiphula'' 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
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 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, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
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 gene ...
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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