Vainionora
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| Vainionora | |
|---|---|
| Vainionora americana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Lecanoraceae |
| Genus: | Vainionora Kalb (1991) |
| Type species | |
| Vainionora pallidostraminea (Vain.) Kalb (1991) | |
Vainionora is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae.[1] The genus, which was circumscribed in 1991 by German lichenologist Klaus Kalb, honours the Finnish lichenologist Edvard Vainio, who described the type species as Lecanora pallidostraminea in 1890.[2]