Yoshimuriella
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| Yoshimuriella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Peltigeraceae |
| Genus: | Yoshimuriella B.Moncada & Lücking (2013) |
| Type species | |
| Yoshimuriella fendleri | |
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Yoshimuriella is a genus of foliose (leafy) lichens in the family Peltigeraceae.[1] It has nine species.
The genus was circumscribed by lichenologists Bibiana Moncada and Robert Lücking in 2013, with Yoshimuriella fendleri assigned as the type species. The genus contains species that were previously considered part of the Lobaria peltigera species group, a clade of predominantly neotropical lichens.[2] The transfer of these species from Lobaria to Yoshimuriella represented a significant taxonomic revision in the understanding of this group. This revision built upon earlier studies by Edvard August Vainio (1890) and Isao Yoshimura (1998), who helped establish the fundamental distinctions between species in this group.[3] The genus name honours the Japanese botanist and lichenologist Yoshimura for his contributions to the understanding of the genus Lobaria and allied species. Seven species were included in the original circumscription of the genus.[2]