Spheconisca is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Verrucariaceae. It has about 20 species.[1] The genus, first proposed as a subdivision of Moriola in 1872 by Johannes M. Norman was promoted by him to generic status four years later, but without assigning a type species.[2]

Spheconisca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Spheconisca
(Norman) Norman (1876)
Synonyms
  • Moriola subdiv. Sphenconisca Norman (1872)

References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  2. ^ Norman, J.M. (1876). "Nonnullae observationum ulteriorum Morioleorum". Botaniska Notiser (in Latin). 1876 (6a): 161–176 [170].