Phlyctis

Phlyctis
Phlyctis argena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Gyalectales
Family: Phlyctidaceae
Genus: Phlyctis
(Wallr.) Flot. (1850)
Type species
Phlyctis agelaea
(Ach.) Flot. (1850)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Comocheila A.Massal. (1860)
  • Dactyloblastus Trevis. (1853)
  • Dyctyoblastus Kremp. (1869)
  • Micromium Pers. (1811)
  • Peltigera sect. Phlyctis Wallr. (1831)
  • Phlyctella Kremp. (1876)
  • Phlyctellomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Phlyctidia Müll.Arg. (1880)
  • Phlyctidia Müll.Arg. ex Zahlbr. (1907)
  • Phlyctidia Müll.Arg. (1895)
  • Phlyctidomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Phlyctomia A.Massal. (1860)

Phlyctis is a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Gyalectales, and the type genus of the family Phlyctidaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called blemished lichens.[2][3]

The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Julius von Flotow in 1850.[4] The Dictionary of the Fungi (2008) estimated the widespread genus to contain 12 species,[5] but several species have been described and added to the genus since then.

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  2. ^ "USDA Plants Database".
  3. ^ "Blemished Lichen (Phlyctis), Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
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