Heppsora
Genus of fungi
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Heppsora is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[2]
| Heppsora | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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H. bullata | |
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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