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Cresponea

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Cresponea
Cresponea chloroconia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Opegraphaceae
Genus: Cresponea
Egea & Torrente (1993)
Type species
Cresponea premnea
(Ach.) Egea & Torrente (1993)

Cresponea is a genus of lichens in the family Opegraphaceae. The genus, circumscribed in 1993, contains species that were formerly classified in Lecanactis. Cresponea is widely distributed, but most species are found in tropical and subtropical regions.[1] The genus is named in honor of the Spanish lichenologist Ana Crespo.[2]

Species

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As of March 2025, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 23 species of Cresponea.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Egea, J.M.; Torrente, P. (1993). "Cresponea, a new genus of lichenized fungi in the order Arthoniales (Ascomycotina)". Mycotaxon. 48: 301–31.
  2. ^ Divakar, Pradeep K. "IAL - Acharius Medallists". www.lichenology.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Cresponea". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  4. ^ Menezes, Aline Anjos; de Lima, Edvaneide Leandro; Xavier-Leite, Amanda Barreto; Maia, Leonor Costa; Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2013). "New species of Arthoniales from NE Brazil". The Lichenologist. 45 (5): 611–617. doi:10.1017/s0024282913000236.
  5. ^ a b Cáceres, M.E.S.C.; Aptroot, A.; Ertz, D. (2014). "Species of Arthoniales from the Amazon, Rondônia, Brazil". The Lichenologist. 46 (4): 573–588. doi:10.1017/S0024282914000036.
  6. ^ a b Kantvilas, Gintaras (2020). "Contributions to the lichen genus Cresponea (Roccellaceae)". The Lichenologist. 52 (4): 279–285. doi:10.1017/S0024282920000262.
  7. ^ Elix, J.A. (2007). "Four new crustose lichens (lichenized Ascomycota) from Australia". Australasian Lichenology. 60: 14–19.
  8. ^ Aptroot, André; de Souza, Maria Fernanda; dos Santos, Lidiane Alves; Junior, Isaias Oliveira; Barbosa, Bruno Micael Cardoso; da Silva, Marcela Eugenia Cáceres (2022). "New species of lichenized fungi from Brazil, with a record report of 492 species in a small area of the Amazon Forest". The Bryologist. 125 (3): 435–467. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-125.3.433.
  9. ^ Aptroot, André; dos Santos, Lidiane Alves; da Silva Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia (2021). "Saxicolous lichens in the semi-arid caatinga in Brazil show substratum shifts" (PDF). Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 42 (11): 181–189. doi:10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2021v42a11.