Puttea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: – (incertae sedis)
Genus: Puttea
Species: P. caesia – P. exsequens – P. margaritella

Name

Puttea S.Stenroos & Huhtinen, 2009

Etymology: The genus epithet PUTTE refers to the research program of insufficiently known and threatened forest species 2003-2007, launched by the Finnish Ministry of Environment.

References

• Stenroos, S.; Huhtinen, S.; Lesonen, A.; Palice, Z. and Printzen, C. (2009) Puttea, gen. nov., erected for the enigmatic lichen Lecidea margaritella. - The Bryologist 112 (3): 544–557.   (RLL List # 216 / Rec. # 31497 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)

Links

• Index Fungorum
• MycoBank