Willeya iwatsukii
| Willeya iwatsukii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Willeya |
| Species: | W. iwatsukii
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| Binomial name | |
| Willeya iwatsukii (H.Harada) Gueidan (2014)
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Willeya iwatsukii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae.[2]
Taxonomy
The lichen was first described as a new species by the Japanese lichenologist Hiroshi Harada in 1992, who classified it in the genus Staurothele. The type specimen was collected from Shikoku, Japan, where it was found growing on a rock at the edge of a stream. Cécile Gueidan transferred the taxon to the genus Willeya in 2014.[3]
References
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Willeya iwatsukii (H. Harada) Gueidan, Lichenologist 46(4): 529 (2014)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "Willeya iwatsukii (H. Harada) Gueidan". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ Gueidan, Cécile; Van Do, Truong; Lu, Ngan Thi (2014). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Staurothele (Verrucariaceae, lichenized ascomycetes) from the karst of northern Vietnam". The Lichenologist. 46 (4): 515–533. Bibcode:2014ThLic..46..515G. doi:10.1017/s0024282914000048.