Huneckia
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| Huneckia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Huneckia S.Y.Kondr., Elix, Kärnefelt, A.Thell & Hur (2014) |
| Type species | |
| Huneckia pollinii (A.Massal.) S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, A.Thell, Elix, J.Kim, A.S.Kondr. & Hur (2014) | |
| Species | |
Huneckia is a genus of crustose lichens in the subfamily Caloplacoideae of the family Teloschistaceae.[1] It has four species.
The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by Sergei Kondratyuk, Jack Elix, Ingvar Kärnefelt, Arne Thell, and Jae-Seoun Hur, as a segregate of the genus Caloplaca. Huneckia pollinii, a Northern Hemisphere species, was assigned as the type species, and the Australian H. rheinigera was also included in the initial circumscription of the genus. The generic name honours German chemist and lichenologist Siegfried Huneck, "1996 Acharius Medalist, who made many contributions to the field of lichen chemistry".[2]