Norrlinia
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| Norrlinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Norrlinia Theiss. & Syd. (1918) |
| Type species | |
| Norrlinia peltigericola (Nyl.) Theiss. & Syd. (1918) | |
| Species | |
Norrlinia is a genus of two species of fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Ferdinand Theissen and Hans Sydow in 1918.[2] The genus name honours the Finnish botanist Johan Petter Norrlin.[3] Both species are lichenicolous, meaning they parasitise lichens. The host of both fungi is the foliose genus Peltigera.[4]
