Muhria

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Muhria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Muhria
P.M.Jørg.
(1987)
Species:
M. urceolata
Binomial name
Muhria urceolata
P.M.Jørg. (1987)
Synonyms
  • Stereocaulon urceolatum (P.M.Jørg.) Högnabba (2006)[1]

Muhria is a lichen

monotypic, containing the single species Muhria urceolata. The genus was circumscribed by Norwegian lichenologist Per Magnus Jørgensen in 1987.[3] The genus name of Muhria is in honour of Lars-Erik Muhr (b.1936), a Swedish teacher and botanist (Lichenology and Mycology).[4]

Filip Högnabba has proposed that the species should be placed in genus Stereocaulon.[1]

References

  1. ^
    PMID 16934965
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  2. Catalog of Life
    . Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. ^ Jørgensen, P.M.; Jahns, H.M. (1987). "Muhria, a remarkable new lichen genus from Scandinavia". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. 44: 581–599.
  4. S2CID 246307410
    . Retrieved 27 January 2022.


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