Woessia
| Woessia | |
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| Woessia adastra; scale bar: 1 mm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Woessia D.Hawksw. & Poelt (1986) |
| Type species | |
| Woessia fusarioides D.Hawksw., Poelt & Tscherm.-Woess (1986)
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Woessia is a genus of lichen‑forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus was originally proposed in 1986 but was subsumed into other genera until molecular studies in 2025 demonstrated it represents a distinct evolutionary lineage. Species of Woessia are small bark-dwelling lichens found mainly in Europe, distinguished by their needle-shaped ascospores.