Knightiellastrum

Knightiellastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Icmadophilaceae
Genus: Knightiellastrum
L.Ludw. & Kantvilas (2020)
Species:
K. eucalypti
Binomial name
Knightiellastrum eucalypti
(Kantvilas) L.Ludw. & Kantvilas (2020)
Holotype: Hartz Road, Tasmania, Australia
Synonyms
  • Icmadophila eucalypti Kantvilas (2011)
  • Knightiella eucalypti (Kantvilas) Kantvilas (2018)

Knightiellastrum is a single-species fungal genus in the family Icmadophilaceae. This monotypic genus the contains the corticolous (bark-dwelling), squamulose lichen species Knightiellastrum eucalypti, found in Tasmania, Australia.

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