Toensbergia

Toensbergia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Rhizocarpales
Family: Sporastatiaceae
Genus: Toensbergia
Bendiksby & Timdal (2013)
Type species
Toensbergia leucococca
(R.Sant.) Bendiksby & Timdal (2013)
Species

T. blastidiata
T. geminipara
T. leucococca

Toensbergia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sporastatiaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Mika Bendiksby and Einar Timdal in 2013. The genus name honours Norwegian lichenologist Tor Tønsberg, "in appreciation of his important work on sorediate, corticolous lichens". The type species is Toensbergia leucococca, which was formerly classified in genus Hypocenomyce, presumably due to its resemblance (morphological, chemical, and ecological) to Hypocenomyce xanthococca.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wijayawardene et al. 2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bendiksby & Timdal 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).