Elixiaceae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Umbilicariales
- Family
- Elixiaceae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Elixiaceae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Elixiaceae
The Elixiaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Umbilicariales. It contains two genera, Meridianelia, and the type genus, Elixia, which together have a total of three species. The family was circumscribed by lichenologist Helge Thorsten Lumbsch in 1997. The family name honours Australian lichenologist John Alan Elix.
...Elixiaceae in languages:
- English
- elixia lichen family