Ciposia
Genus of lichen-forming fungus
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Ciposia is a single-species fungal genus in the family Caliciaceae. Circumscribed by Bernhard Marbach in 2000,[1] it contains the species Ciposia wheeleri,[2] a corticolous (bark-dwelling) and crustose lichen. This species was originally classified in genus Buellia by Richard C. Harris in 1988.[3]
| Ciposia | |
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| Ciposia wheeleri on southern live oak in North Carolina, USA | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Ciposia Marbach (2000) |
| Species: | C. wheeleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Ciposia wheeleri (R.C.Harris) Marbach (2000) | |
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According to Index Fungorum,[4] Ciposia is not a correct name, as its publication was predated by a homonym, the plant genus Ciposia (family Myrtaceae), which was published by Brazilian botanist Alvaro Astolpho da Silveira in 1918. The earliest-published name has precedence according to the Principle of priority.
