Geltingia: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Leotiomycetes
Order
Phacidiales
Family
Helicogoniaceae
Genus
Geltingia
Species
Scientific Name
Geltingia

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Geltingia

Geltingia is a fungal genus in the family Helicogoniaceae. It is monotypic, containing the single lichenicolous species Geltingia associata. The genus was circumscribed in 1990 by mycologists Vagn Alstrup and David Leslie Hawksworth. The genus name honours Danish scientist Paul Gelting.

It has a circumpolar distribution. It is known to grow on the lichens Ochrolechia frigida and Ochrolechia upsaliensis.

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