Stirtoniella

Stirtoniella is a lichen genus in the family Ramalinaceae.[2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Stirtoniella kelica, a crustose and corticolous lichen originally described from New Zealand in 1873 as a species of Lecidea.[3] The photobiont is an alga of the family Chlorococcaceae. The lichen is named after Scottish mycologist James Stirton.[4]

Stirtoniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Ramalinaceae
Genus:	Stirtoniella D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005)
Type species
Stirtoniella kelica (Stirt.) D.J.Galloway, Hafellner & Elix (2005)
Synonyms[1]
Lecidea kelica Stirt. (1873) Catillaria kelica (Stirt.) Zahlbr. (1926)

References

1. "Synonymy: Stirtoniella kelica (Stirt.) D.J. Galloway, Hafellner & Elix". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
3. Stirton J. (1873). "Additions to the lichen flora of New Zealand". Transactions of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists. 1: 15–23.
4. Galloway DJ, Hafellner J, Elix JA (2005). "Stirtoniella, a new genus for Catillaria kelica (Lecanorales: Ramalinaceae)" (PDF). The Lichenologist. 37 (3): 261–71. doi:10.1017/S002428290501501X.