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Vezdaea
Sign in to saveVezdaea is a genus of crustose lichens in the monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only taxon in the order Vezdaeales. The genus was established in 1976 and named after the Czech lichenologist Antonín Vězda for his contributions to lichen science. These lichens form extremely thin crusts that appear as dustings of tiny greenish to grey particles on decaying moss, plant debris, and soil, particularly in metal-enriched environments that other lichens avoid. The genus contains 14 species.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Vezdaeaceae
- Collections
- US, WIS, DUKE, F, NY, KU
- Recorded in
- Czechia, Venezuela, Kenya, United States, Thailand, Canada, Vietnam, Norway
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Vezdaeaceae
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- taxon name
- Vezdaea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Vezdaea aestivalis
- taxon common name
- Zomerkorst
- taxon author citation
- Tscherm.-Woess & Poelt
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- Taxonomy
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Vezdaea is a genus of crustose lichens in the monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only taxon in the order Vezdaeales. The genus was established in 1976 and named after the Czech lichenologist Antonín Vězda for his contributions to lichen science. These lichens form extremely thin crusts that appear as dustings of tiny greenish to grey particles on decaying moss, plant debris, and soil, particularly in metal-enriched environments that other lichens avoid. The genus contains 14 species.
==Taxonomy==
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