Muhria is a lichen genus in the family Cladoniaceae.[2] It is monotypic, containing the single species Muhria urceolata. The genus was circumscribed by Norwegian lichenologist Per Magnus Jørgensen in 1987.[3] The genus name of Muhria is in honour of Lars-Erik Muhr (b.1936), a Swedish teacher and botanist (Lichenology and Mycology).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Cladoniaceae |
| Genus: | Muhria P.M.Jørg. (1987) |
| Species: | M. urceolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Muhria urceolata P.M.Jørg. (1987)
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Filip Högnabba has proposed that the species should be placed in genus Stereocaulon.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Högnabba, Filip (2006). "Molecular phylogeny of the genus Stereocaulon (Stereocaulaceae, lichenized ascomycetes)". Mycological Research. 110 (9): 1080–1092. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2006.04.013. PMID 16934965.
- ^ Source dataset from Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Muhria". Catalog of Life. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Jørgensen, P.M.; Jahns, H.M. (1987). "Muhria, a remarkable new lichen genus from Scandinavia". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. 44: 581–599.
- ^ 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 27 January 2022.
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