Phacopsis vulpina is a species of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungus in the family Parmeliaceae, and the type species of the genus Phacopsis. It was formally described as a new species in 1852 by French mycologist Edmond Tulasne.[2] The fungus is restricted to the genus Letharia as a host and consequently has a Northern Hemisphere distribution. Externally, it is somewhat similar in appearance to P. lethariellae, but P. vulpina does not have a brown hypothecium (the area of tissue in the apothecium immediately below the subhymenium).[3]
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| Phacopsis vulpina galls on Letharia spp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Phacopsis |
| Species: | P. vulpina
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| Binomial name | |
| Phacopsis vulpina Tul. (1852)
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References edit
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Phacopsis vulpina Tul., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 17: 126 (1852)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Tulasne, L.-R. (1852). "Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire organographique et physiologique des Lichens". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique. Série 3 (in Latin). 17: 124.
- ^ Triebel, Dagmar; Rambold, Gerhard; Elix, John A. (1995). "A conspectus of the genus Phacopsis (Lecanorales)". The Bryologist. 98 (1): 71–83. doi:10.2307/3243643. JSTOR 3243643.
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