Farnoldia

Farnoldia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecideales
Family:	Lecideaceae
Genus:	Farnoldia; Hertel
Type species
	Farnoldia jurana; (Schaer.) Hertel

Farnoldia is a genus of lichenized fungi within the Lecideaceae family.^[1]

The genus name of Farnoldia is in honour of Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold (1828 - 1901), a German lichenologist and taxonomist born in Ansbach, Bavaria.^[2]

References

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.