Fungalpedia – Note 1768, Malmidea
Malmidea Kalb
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank
Classification: Malmideaceae, Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
The genus Malmidea was established by Kalb et al. (2011). Currently this genus comprises 55 species (Joseph et al. 2018). The taxa are widely distributed and characterized by a crustose thallus, biatorine apothecia, asci without tubular structure, filiform paraphyses and simple ascospores (Joseph et al. 2018, Weerakoon et al. 2016, Kalb et al. 2011).
Type species: Malmidea piperis (Spreng.) Kalb, Rivas Plata & Lumbsch 2011.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Malmidea.
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