''Servitia'' is a genus of

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in the family

Verrucariaceae Verrucariaceae is a family of lichens and a few non-lichenised fungi in the order Verrucariales. The lichens have a wide variety of thallus forms, from crustose (crust-like) to foliose (bushy) and squamulose (scaly). Most of them grow on lan ...

. A

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genus, it contains the single species ''Servitia inconspicuum'' . It was

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in Alstrup & Hansen, Graphis Scripta vol.12 (2) on page 41 in 2001. The genus name of ''Servitia'' is in honour of Miroslav Servít (1886–1959), who was a Czech teacher,

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(Bryology, Mykology and Lichenology), who taught at various agricultural Research stations and schools.

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Index Fungorum
Verrucariales Lichen genera Monotypic Ascomycota genera Taxa described in 2001 {{Eurotiomycetes-stub