Fungalpedia – Note 1763, Letrouitia

 

Letrouitia Hafellner & Bellem.

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Classification: LetrouitiaceaeTeloschistales, LecanoromycetidaeLecanoromycetesPezizomycotinaAscomycota, Fungi

The genus Letrouitia was introduced by Hafellner & Bellemère (1981). Currently around 18 species are recorded for this genus (Jaklitsch et al. 2016). Ascospore morphology plays a major role in species delimitation within this genus (Hafellner 1983, Elix & Kondryatuk 2008).

Type species: Letrouitia domingensis (Pers.) Hafellner & Bellem. 1982.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Letrouitia.

 

References

Ekanayaka AH, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Zhao Q, Bulgakov TS 2019 – New and known discolichens from Asia and eastern Europe. Asian Journal of Mycology 2(1), 48–86, Doi 10.5943/ajom/2/1/2.