Lecanactis

Lecanactis
Lecanactis abietina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Lecanactis
Körb. (1855)
Type species
Lecanactis abietina
(Ach.) Körb. (1855)
Synonyms[1]

Lecanactis is a genus of crustose lichens, commonly called old wood rimmed lichen.[2] The genus was circumscribed in 1855 by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber, who assigned Lecanactis abietina as the type species.[3]

The mycobiont (fungus partner) is in the family Roccellaceae.[4] The photobiont is an algae in the genus Trentepohlia.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Species Fungorum synonymy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Old Wood Rimmed Lichen (Lecanactis), Encyclopedia of Life
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Körber 1855 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wijayawardene et al. 2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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