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Phyllopsora
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyRamalinaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 903
- With media
- 468
- Family
- Ramalinaceae
- Collections
- US, NY
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Brazil, Fiji
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ramalinaceae
- Image
- Phyllopsora furfuracea - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
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- taxon name
- Phyllopsora
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Phyllopsora
- Commons category
- Phyllopsora
- taxonomic type
- Phyllopsora breviuscula
- taxon common name
- ウロコイボゴケ属
- taxon author citation
- Müll. Arg.
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- References
Phyllopsora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.
The characteristics of a fossilized Phyllopsora, P. dominicana, found in Dominican amber, suggests that the main distinguishing features of the genus have remained unchanged for tens of millions of years.
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