| Vahliella | |
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| Vahliella leucophaea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Vahliellaceae Wedin, P.M.Jørg. & S.Ekman (2010) |
| Genus: | Vahliella P.M.Jørg. (2008) |
| Type species | |
| Vahliella leucophaea (Vahl) P.M.Jørg. (2008)
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| Species | |
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V. adnata | |
Vahliella is a genus of nine species of lichen-forming fungi in the order Peltigerales. It is the only member of Vahliellaceae, a family circumscribed in 2010 to contain this genus.[1] Vahliella was formerly placed in the family Pannariaceae until molecular phylogenetics showed that it did not belong there. Vahliella species are found in the Northern Hemisphere – mainly in North America, but also in Europe and India.
Vahliella species somewhat resemble those of the genus Fuscopannaria – in which they were originally classified – but are distinguished from them by the layered apical amyloid sheets of the asci, the lack of lichen substances, and the absence of an epispore.