Tholurna
| Tholurna | |
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| in Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Tholurna Norman (1861)[1] |
| Species: | T. dissimilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tholurna dissimilis (Norman) Norman (1861) | |
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Tholurna is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae.[2] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Tholurna dissimilis. This species was first described by Johannes Musaeus Norman as Podocratera dissimilis in 1861; he circumscribed the new genus Tholurna the same year to contain the species. It is found in Scandinavia and western North America.[3]
References
- ^ Norman, J.M. (1861). "Descriptio speciei novae lichenis, quam detexit et sub nomine Tholurna dissimilis proponit". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 44: 409.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Otto, George F. (1983). "Tholurna dissimilis well established in western North America". The Bryologist. 86 (3): 263–265. doi:10.2307/3242716. JSTOR 3242716.