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Xerotrema

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Genus of fungi in the family Odontotremataceae

Xerotrema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Odontotrematales
Family: Odontotremataceae
Genus: Xerotrema
Sherwood & Coppins (1980)
Type species
Xerotrema megalospora
Sherwood & Coppins (1980)
Species

X. megalospora
X. quercicola

Xerotrema is a genus of fungi in the family Odontotremataceae. It contains two species. The genus was circumscribed by Martha Allen Sherwood and Brian John Coppins in 1980. The type species, Xerotrema megalospora, is found in the United States and Canada. X. quercicola was added to the genus in 2008.

References

  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Dolatabadi, Somayeh; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. Sherwood, M.A.; Coppins, B.J. (1980). "Xerotrema, a new genus of ondontotremoid fungus from Scotland". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. 38 (2): 367–371.
  3. Brodo, Irwin M. (2021). "Xerotrema megalospora (Ascomycetes: Odontotremataceae), a new fungus for Canada". Evansia. 37 (4): 152–155. doi:10.1639/0747-9859-37.4.152.
  4. Coppins, Brian J.; Aptroot, André (2008). "New species and combinations in The Lichens of the British Isles". The Lichenologist. 40 (5): 363–374. doi:10.1017/S0024282908008165.
Taxon identifiers
Xerotrema


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