Stirtoniella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: | Stirtoniella D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005) |
Species: | S. kelica
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Binomial name | |
Stirtoniella kelica | |
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Stirtoniella is a lichen genus in the family Ramalinaceae.[2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Stirtoniella kelica, a crustose and corticolous lichen originally described from New Zealand in 1873 as a species of Lecidea.[3] The photobiont is an alga of the family Chlorococcaceae. The genus is named after Scottish mycologist James Stirton.[4]