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Ropalospora
Sign in to saveRopalospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi, and the sole member of the monogeneric family Ropalosporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860. The family was proposed by Josef Hafellner in 1984.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderSchaereriales
- FamilySchaereriaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Ropalosporaceae
- Collections
- UC, PH, UPS, ILLS, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States, Japan, Norway, Sweden
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Ropalospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi, and the sole member of the monogeneric family Ropalosporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860. The family was proposed by Josef Hafellner in 1984.
==Species== Ropalospora atroumbrina Ropalospora caffra Ropalospora chirisanensis Ropalospora chlorantha Ropalospora hibernica Ropalospora lugubris Ropalospora phaeoplaca Ropalospora rossii Ropalospora viridis
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ropalospora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.