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Elixia (lichen)

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Elixia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Elixiaceae. It has two species:^[1]

The genus was circumscribed in 1997 by H. Thorsten Lumbsch. The genus name honours Australian lichenologist John Alan Elix.^[3]

^ 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.
^ Spribille, Toby; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2010). "A new species of Elixia (Umbilicariales) from Greece". The Lichenologist. 42 (4): 365–371. doi:10.1017/s0024282910000058.
^ ^a ^b Lumbsch, H.T. (1997). "Systematic studies in the suborder Agyriineae (Lecanorales)". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 83: 62.

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Elixia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Elixiaceae. It has two species:

Elixia cretica T.Sprib. & Lumbsch (2010) Elixia flexella (Ach.) Lumbsch (1997)

The genus was circumscribed in 1997 by H. Thorsten Lumbsch. The genus name honours Australian lichenologist John Alan Elix.