Gowardia

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales
Familia: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Gowardia
Species: G. arctica - G. nigricans

Name

Gowardia P.Halonen, L.Myllys, S.Velmala & H.Hyvärinen, 2009

Diagnosis: Thallus erectus aut decumbens, terrestris vel saxatilis, raro corticola. Basi cinerascens vel pallide brunnea et apici cinereus vel nigrescens aut rami omnino nigrescens. Pseudocyphellae albae, fusiformes vel fissural. Apothecia rara. Soralia rarissima. Isidia et pycnidia non visa.

Type species: Gowardia nigricans (Ach.) P.Halonen, L.Myllys, S.Velmala & H.Hyvärinen, 2009

Etymology: Dedicated to Trevor Goward, B.C., Canada.

References

Halonen, P.; Myllys, L.; Velmala, S. and Hyvärinen, H. (2009) Gowardia (Parmeliaceae)--a new alectorioid lichen genus with two species. The Bryologist 112(1): 138-146. (Recent Literature on Lichens) (doi: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.138)

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