Lopezaria

Lopezaria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.

Lopezaria
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Lopezaria
Kalb & Hafellner (1990)
Type species
Lopezaria versicolor
(Flot.) Kalb & Hafellner (1990)
Species

L. isidiza
L. versicolor

The genus name of Lopezaria is in honour of Manuel López-Figueiras (1915-2012), who was a (Spanish-) Venezuelan botanist (Mycology and Lichenology), from the University of Havana (in Cuba).

The genus was circumscribed by Klaus Kalb and Josef Hafellner in Lich. Neotropici fasc. XI, vol.2 in 1990.

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