Willeya honghensis

Willeya honghensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Willeya
Species:
W. honghensis
Binomial name
Willeya honghensis
(H.Harada & Li S.Wang) Orange (2022)
Synonyms[1]
  • Staurothele honghensis H.Harada & Li S.Wang (2006)

Willeya honghensis is a species of crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae.[2] Found in Yunnan, China, it was originally described in 2006 by Hiroshi Harada and Li Wang as a member of the genus Staurothele.[3] Alan Orange reclassified it in Willeya in 2022.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Willeya honghensis (H. Harada & Li S. Wang) Orange, in Orange & Chhetri, Lichenologist 54(3-4): 166 (2022)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Willeya honghensis (H. Harada & Li S. Wang) Orange". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. ^ Harada, H.; Wang, L.S. (2006). "Taxonomic study on the freshwater species of Verrucariaceae (lichenized Ascomycota) of Yunnan, China (2). Genus Staurothele". Lichenology. 5 (1): 13–22.
  4. ^ Orange, Alan; Chhetri, Som G. (2022). "Verrucariaceae from Nepal". The Lichenologist. 54 (3–4): 139–174. Bibcode:2022ThLic..54..139O. doi:10.1017/S0024282922000160.