Letrouitiaceae Explained

The Letrouitiaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi belonging to the order Teloschistales. The family, which has a tropical and subtropical distribution,^{[1] [2]} contains the single genus Letrouitia, which contains about 15 species.^{[3] [4]} The family and the genus, both circumscribed in 1982 by André Bellemère and Josef Hafellner, are named in honour of Marie-Agnès Letrouit-Galinou.

Species

• Letrouitia assamana
• Letrouitia aureola
• Letrouitia bifera
• Letrouitia corallina
• Letrouitia coralloidea
• Letrouitia domingensis
• Letrouitia flavidula
• Letrouitia flavocrocea
• Letrouitia hafellneri
• Letrouitia leprolyta
• Letrouitia leprolytoides
• Letrouitia magenta
• Letrouitia muralis
• Letrouitia parabola
• Letrouitia pseudomuralis
• Letrouitia spiralis
• Letrouitia subvulpina
• Letrouitia transgressa
• Letrouitia vulpina

Notes and References

1. Gaya . Ester . Högnabba . Filip . Holguin . Ángela . Molnar . Katalin . Fernández-Brime . Samantha . Stenroos . Soili . Arup . Ulf . Søchting . Ulrik . Boom . Pieter Van den . Lücking . Robert . Sipman . Harrie J. M. . 2012-05-01 . Implementing a cumulative supermatrix approach for a comprehensive phylogenetic study of the Teloschistales (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . en . 63 . 2 . 374–387 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.012 . 22306043 . 1055-7903.
2. Haffelner . Josef . 1981 . Monographie der Flechtengattung Letrouitia (Lecanorales, Teloschistineae) . Nova Hedwigia . 35 . 645–729.
3. Book: Cannon PF, Kirk PM . Fungal Families of the World. CABI. Wallingford. 2007 . 17 . 978-0-85199-827-5.
4. Book: Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA . Dictionary of the Fungi . limited . 10th . CABI . Wallingford . 2008. 374. 978-0-85199-826-8.