Malcolmiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Lecanorales
Family:
Pilocarpaceae
Genus:
Malcolmiella

Type species
Malcolmiella cinereovirens
Vězda

Malcolmiella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae.[1]

The genus name of Malcolmiella is in honour of William McLagan Malcolm (b.1936), a (American-) New Zealander botanist (Bryology, Lichenology and Mycology) and botanical illustrator.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by _ Antonin Vezda in Sched. Lich. Rar. Exs., Fasc. XXVII: 2 in 1997.

It has only one known species, Malcolmiella cinereovirens Vězda.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Malcolmiella cinereovirens Vězda". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 July 2022.


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