Wolseleyidea
| Wolseleyidea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Wolseleyidea S.Y.Kondr., Farkas & Lőkös (2019) |
| Type species | |
| Wolseleyidea swinscowii (Timdal & Krog) S.Y.Kondr., Farkas & Lőkös (2019)
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| Species | |
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W. africana | |
Wolseleyidea is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. It consists of six species. The genus was established in 2019 based on DNA analysis that showed these species form a distinct evolutionary lineage separate from the related genus Phyllopsora. Species are characterised by thin, granular thalli with a distinctive reddish-brown prothallus border, small brown disc-shaped fruiting bodies, and a chemical profile that includes methyl 2,7-dichloropsoromate and related compounds. The genus is named in honour of the British lichenologist Pat Wolseley for her contributions to tropical lichen taxonomy, and its species grow primarily on bark in montane and coastal rainforests across the Americas and other tropical regions.