Feigeana
Genus of fungi
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Feigeana is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Roccellaceae.[1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Feigeana socotrana, first reported from Yemen in 1995.[2]
| Feigeana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Roccellaceae |
| Genus: | Feigeana Mies, Lumbsch & Tehler (1995) |
| Type species | |
| Feigeana socotrana Mies, Lumbsch & Tehler (1995) | |
The genus name of Feigeana is in honour of Guido Benno Feige (1937 - 2007), a German botanist (Lichenology and Mycology) and also Professor of Botany in Essen. He also established the Botanical Garden of the University of Duisburg-Essen.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Bruno A. Mies, Helge Thorsten Lumbsch and Anders Gunnar Tehler in Mycotaxon Vol.54 on page 156 in 1995.
