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Gyalideopsis vainioi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Graphidales
Family:	Gomphillaceae
Genus:	Gyalideopsis
Species:	G. vainioi
Binomial name
Gyalideopsis vainioi Kalb & Vězda (1988)

Gyalideopsis vainioi is a species of lichen in the family Gomphillaceae. It was described as new to science in 1988 by Klaus Kalb and Antonín Vězda from Brazilian collections. The variety Gyalideopsis vainioi var. semicirculata Lücking & W.R.Buck was published in 2007; it was found in Florida. The specific epithet honours Finnish lichenologist Edvard Vainio, known for his pioneering work with Brazilian lichens.

References

1. ^ Kalb, Klaus; Vězda, Antonin (1988). "Neue oder bemerkenswerte Arten der Flechten-familie Gomphillaceae in der Neotropis". Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). 29. Lubrecht & Cramer: 51. ISBN 978-3-443-58008-7.
2. Lücking, Robert; Buck, William; Rivas Plata, Eimy Rivas (2007). "The lichen family Gomphillaceae (Ostropales) in eastern North America, with notes on hyphophore development in Gomphillus and Gyalideopsis". The Bryologist. 110 (4): 622–672. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[622:TLFGOI]2.0.CO;2.

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