Heppsora

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Heppsora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Heppsora
D.D. Awasthi & Kr.P. Singh
Type species
Heppsora indica
D.D. Awasthi & Kr.P. Singh
Species

H. bullata
H. indica[1]

Heppsora is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[2]

The genus name of Heppsora is in honour of Johann Adam Philipp Hepp (1797–1867), a German physician and lichenologist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Dharani Dhar Awasthi and Krishna Pal Singh in Bryologist vol.80 on page 537 in 1977.[1]

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