Melanophloea is a genus of lichenized fungi in the division Ascomycota. As of November 2022, it had not been placed into a specific family, class or class, and its relationship to other Ascomycota genera remains uncertain. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Melanophloea pacifica. Other species formerly assigned to this genus have been reassigned elsewhere.[1]

Melanophloea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: incertae sedis
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Melanophloea
Species:
M. pacifica
Binomial name
Melanophloea pacifica
P. James & Vezda

References edit

  1. ^ "Melanophloea". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

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