Bryobilimbia
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| Bryobilimbia | |
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| Bryobilimbia hypnorum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecideales |
| Family: | Lecideaceae |
| Genus: | Bryobilimbia Fryday, Printzen & S.Ekman (2014) |
| Type species | |
| Bryobilimbia hypnorum (Lib.) Fryday, Printzen & S.Ekman (2014) | |
Bryobilimbia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi belonging to the family Lecideaceae. It was circumscribed in 2014 by Alan Fryday, Christian Printzen, and Stefan Ekman. The type species is Bryolimbia hypnorum.[1]
The genus Bryobilimbia was circumscribed in 2014 by Alan Fryday, Christian Printzen, and Stefan Ekman. The research team established this new genus after molecular phylogenetics analysis revealed that several species previously classified within Lecidea and Mycobilimbia formed a distinct evolutionary group separate from either genus. The type species for the genus is Bryobilimbia hypnorum (formerly Lecidea hypnorum). While superficially similar to some other lichen genera, DNA analysis based on five different genes demonstrated that Bryobilimbia species form a well-supported clade most closely related to genera like Clauzadea, Farnoldia, Lecidoma, and Romjularia, rather than being part of the true family Lecideaceae.[1]
Bryobilimbia was named by combining "bryo-" (referring to bryophytes or mosses, which are the typical substrate for these lichens) with "-bilimbia" (from the historical genus name Bilimbia, which some of these species were once thought to belong to).[1]