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Ionaspis
Sign in to saveIonaspis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Hymeneliaceae. It contains six species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens. The genus was originally circumscribed in 1871 by Theodor Magnus Fries. He segregated the genus from Aspicilia based on the presence of Trentepohlia rather than Trebouxia as the partner.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Ionaspis, and connects out to fungi, Index Fungorum and Theodor Magnus Fries.
It sits within the topics Baeomycetales, Baeomycetales genera and Lichen genera.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Rusty Brook Lichen
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderHymeneliales
- FamilyHymeneliaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 331
- With media
- 136
- Family
- Hymeneliaceae
- Collections
- US, ASU, COLO, WIS, UAM, DUKE
- Recorded in
- Canada, Spain, United States, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hymeneliaceae
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- taxon name
- Ionaspis
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Watercolor lichens; Ionaspis lichens
- taxon author citation
- Th. Fr.
- Commons category
- Ionaspis
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ionaspis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Hymeneliaceae. It contains six species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens. The genus was originally circumscribed in 1871 by Theodor Magnus Fries. He segregated the genus from Aspicilia based on the presence of Trentepohlia rather than Trebouxia as the partner.
==Species== , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 6 species of Ionaspis: Ionaspis aptrootii – Thailand Ionaspis chrysophana Ionaspis kerguelensis Ionaspis lacustris Ionaspis obtecta Ionaspis odora
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