Angiactis
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| Angiactis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Angiactis Aptroot & Sparrius (2008) |
| Type species | |
| Angiactis littoralis (Kantvilas) Aptroot & Sparrius (2008) | |
| Species | |
Angiactis is a genus of crustose lichens of uncertain familial placement in the order Arthoniales.[1] It has four species.[2]
The genus was circumscribed in 2008 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Laurens Sparrius, with Angiactis littoralis assigned as the type species. This lichen was originally described as a species of Lecanographa by Gintaras Kantvilas. The genus name Angiactis derives from the Greek αγγείο ("receptacle") and αὐτός ("shaped"), and refers to the thalline excipulum that covers the fruiting bodies.[3]