Fluctua

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Fluctua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Fluctua
Marbach (2000)
Species:
F. megapotamica
Binomial name
Fluctua megapotamica
(Malme) Marbach (2000)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buellia megapotamica Malme (1919)

Fluctua is a lichen

monotypic, containing the single crustose lichen species Fluctua megapotamica. The genus was circumscribed by Austrian lichenologist Bernhard Marbach in 2000. It was one of several segregate genera proposed by Marbach in his 2000 revision of American species of Buellia. The lichen is found in Brazil and Uruguay.[3]

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