Malmidea furfurosa

Malmidea furfurosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Malmideaceae
Genus: Malmidea
Species:
M. furfurosa
Binomial name
Malmidea furfurosa
(Tuck. ex Nyl.) Kalb & Lücking (2011)
Synonyms
  • Lecidea furfurosa Tuck. ex Nyl. (1863)
  • Biatora furfurosa (Tuck. ex Nyl.) Tuck. (1888)
  • Malcolmiella furfurosa (Tuck. ex Nyl.) M.Cáceres & Lücking (2007)

Malmidea furfurosa is a species of lichen in the family Malmideaceae. First described from Cuban specimens in 1863, it forms a thin grey-granular thallus on bark. The species was moved to the newly established genus Malmidea in 2011 after genetic evidence showed it and related lichens represented a distinct evolutionary lineage.

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