Brigantiaea

Short description: Genus of lichen

Brigantiaea

Brigantiaea leucoxantha on oak bark
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Ascomycota
Class:  | Lecanoromycetes
Order:  | Teloschistales
Family:  | Brigantiaeaceae
Genus:  | Brigantiaea
Trevis. (1853)
Type species
Brigantiaea tricolor

(Mont.) Trevis. (1853)

Synonyms

* Myxodictyon A.Massal. (1860)
* Myxodictyonomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Brigantiaea is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Brigantiaeaceae.[1] It was circumscribed by Italian botanist Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon in 1853.[2]

The genus name Brigantiaea honours Francesco Briganti (1802–1865), an Italian botanist and professor at the University of Naples.[3]

## Species

* Brigantiaea fuscolutea (Dicks.) R.Sant. (1981)
* Brigantiaea leprosa Kantvilas & Elix (2009)
* Brigantiaea leucoxantha (Spreng.) R.Sant. & Hafellner (1982)
* Brigantiaea lobulata F.J.Walker & Hafellner (1983)
* Brigantiaea lobulatisidiata Aptroot (2007)
* Brigantiaea lordhowensis Elix (2007)
* Brigantiaea mariae Trevis. (1853)
* Brigantiaea microcarpa (Räsänen) Hafellner (1997)
* Brigantiaea phaeomma (Nyl.) Hafellner (1997)
* Brigantiaea sorediata Kashiw., Mas.Inoue & K.H.Moon (2002)
* Brigantiaea subobscurata (Vain.) Aptroot (2002)
* Brigantiaea tricolor (Mont.) Trevis. (1853)

## References

1. ↑ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
2. ↑ Trevisan de St-Léon, V.B.A. (1853) (in it). Spighe e Paglie. Padova. p. 7.
3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in de) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022.

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