Muellerella

Muellerella is a genus of lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate areas, and contains about 16 species that live on other lichens, or on liverworts.[1]

Muellerella
Muellerella pygmaea var. athallina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Eurotiomycetes
Subclass:
Chaetothyriomycetidae
Order:
Verrucariales
Family:
Verrucariaceae
Genus:
Muellerella

Type species
Muellerella polyspora
Hepp ex Müll. Arg.

Species
  • Muellerella erratica
  • Muellerella hospitans
  • Muellerella lichenicola
  • Muellerella polyspora
  • Muellerella pygmaea
  • Muellerella ventosicola

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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