Australiaena is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Australiaena streimannii. The genus and the species were formally described in 1997 by Mario Matzer, Helmut Mayrhofer and John Elix.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Australiaena Matzer, H.Mayrhofer & Elix (1997) |
| Type species | |
| Australiaena streimannii Matzer, H.Mayrhofer & Elix (1997)
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References
edit- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Matzer, M.; Mayrhofer, H.; Elix, J. A. (2007). "Australiaena streimannii, a new genus and species in the Physciaceae from tropical Australasia". The Lichenologist. 29 (1): 35–44. doi:10.1017/S0024282997000078.
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