Lepra (lichen)

Lepra
Lepra albescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Pertusariaceae
Genus: Lepra
Scop. (1777)
Type species
Lepra albescens
(Huds.) Hafellner (2016)
Synonyms[1]
  • Variolaria Pers. (1791)
  • Leproncus Ventenat (1799)
  • Isidium (Ach.) Ach. (1803)
  • Pertusaria sect. Lecanorastrum Müll.Arg. (1884)
  • Pertusaria subg. Monomurata Archer (1993)
  • Pertusaria sect. Digitatae Archer (1993)
  • Marfloraea S.Y.Kondr., L.Lökös & Hur (2015)

Lepra is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pertusariaceae. Although the genus was created in 1777, it was not regularly used until it was resurrected in 2016 following molecular phylogenetic analyses. It has more than a hundred species, most of which were previously classified in genus Pertusaria.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wei et al. 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).