Eilifdahlia
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| Eilifdahlia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Eilifdahlia S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A.Thell & Hur (2014) |
| Type species | |
| Eilifdahlia dahlii (Elix, S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt) S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A.Thell, J.Kim, A.S.Kondr. & J.S.Hur (2014) | |
| Species | |
Eilifdahlia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae.[1] It contains three species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens that occur in the Southern Hemisphere.
The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk, Ingvar Kärnefelt, John Alan Elix, Arne Thell, and Jae-Seoun Hur, following a molecular phylogenetics-led restructuring of the subfamily Caloplacoideae. They assigned Eilifdahlia dahlii as the type species; this species was formerly classified in the genus Caloplaca. The genus name honours Norwegian lichenologist Eilif Dahl for his "important contributions to the Australian lichen flora".[2] Two species were included in the initial circumscription of the genus; a third was added in 2017.[3]