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Texosporium
Sign in to saveTexosporium is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Texosporium sancti-jacobi, found in the United States. The genus is characterized by microscopic features: the ascospores are coated with a layer of cells that are derived from the paraphyses. Texosporium was originally circumscribed by Josef Nádvorník in 1942, albeit the name was not validly published. In 1968, Leif Tibell and Angelica van Hofsten published the name validly. In 2020, Texosporium sancti-jacobi was added to the global IUCN Red List, where it is classified
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderCaliciales
- FamilyCaliciaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Caliciaceae
- Collections
- IDS, TLE, SRP, UPS
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caliciaceae
- Image
- Texosporium sancti-jacobi two.jpg
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- taxonomic type
- Texosporium sancti-jacobi
- Commons category
- Texosporium
- taxon name
- Texosporium
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- texosporium lichen
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Texosporium is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Texosporium sancti-jacobi, found in the United States. The genus is characterized by microscopic features: the ascospores are coated with a layer of cells that are derived from the paraphyses. Texosporium was originally circumscribed by Josef Nádvorník in 1942, albeit the name was not validly published. In 1968, Leif Tibell and Angelica van Hofsten published the name validly. In 2020, Texosporium sancti-jacobi was added to the global IUCN Red List, where it is classified as endangered.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Texosporium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.