Flavopunctelia
Genus of fungi
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Flavopunctelia is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae.[2] The genus contains species that are widespread in temperate and tropical areas.[3] The genus is characterised by broad, yellow-green lobes, point-like (punctiform) pseudocyphellae on the thallus surface, and bifusiform conidia (i.e., threadlike with a swelling at both ends). All species contain usnic acid as a major secondary chemical in the cortex. Flavopunctelia was originally conceived as a subgenus of Punctelia by Hildur Krog in 1982;[4] Mason Hale promoted it to generic status in 1984.[5]
| Flavopunctelia | |
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| Flavopunctelia soredica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Flavopunctelia (Krog) Hale (1984) |
| Type species | |
| Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale (1984) | |
| Species | |
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F. borrerioides | |
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Species
- Flavopunctelia borrerioides Kurok. (1999)[6]
- Flavopunctelia darrowii (J.W.Thomson) Hale (1984)
- Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale (1984)
- Flavopunctelia lobulata Elix & Adler (1987)[7]
- Flavopunctelia praesignis (Nyl.) Hale (1984)
- Flavopunctelia soredica (Nyl.) Hale (1984)
