Hueidea

Hueidea is a single-species fungal genus in the family Fuscideaceae. It contains the species Hueidea australiensis, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen found on granite rocks in the Mount Kosciuszko area of New South Wales, Australia. Both the species and the genus were described as new to science in 2003 by Australian lichenologists Gintaras Kantvilas and Patrick McCarthy.

Hueidea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Umbilicariales
Family: Fuscideaceae
Genus: Hueidea
Kantvilas & P.M.McCarthy (2003)
Species:
H. australiensis
Binomial name
Hueidea australiensis
Kantvilas & P.M.McCarthy (2003)
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