Elixia (lichen)

Elixia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Umbilicariales
Family: Elixiaceae
Genus: Elixia
Lumbsch (1997)
Type species
Elixia flexella
(Ach.) Lumbsch (1997)
Species

E. cretica
E. flexella

Elixia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Elixiaceae. It has two species:[1]

The genus was circumscribed in 1997 by H. Thorsten Lumbsch. The genus name honours Australian lichenologist John Alan Elix.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wijayawardene et al. 2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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