Xyleborus (lichen)
Appearance
Xyleborus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Stereocaulaceae |
Genus: | Xyleborus R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007) |
Type species | |
Xyleborus sporodochifer R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007)
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Species | |
Xyleborus is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Stereocaulaceae. It has two species.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 2009 by Richard C. Harris and Douglas Ladd with Xyleborus sporodochifer assigned as the type species.[2] A second species, X. nigricans, was added to the genus in 2015.[3]
References
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:11336/151990.
- ^ Harris, R.C.; Ladd, D. (2007). "New taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Ozark Ecoregion". Opuscula Philolichenum. 4: 57–68.
- ^ Lendemer, James C.; Harris, Richard C. (2015). "Xyleborus nigricans, a second species for the previously monospecific genus newly found in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America". The Bryologist. 118 (3): 284–292. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-118.3.284. S2CID 85949177.