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Metamelanea
Sign in to saveMetamelanea is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lichinaceae. It consists of three species of rock-dwelling lichens.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 62
- Family
- Lichinaceae
- Collections
- NCU, NY, MU, ASU, F, FH
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lichinaceae
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- taxon name
- Metamelanea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Metamelanea umbonata
- taxon author citation
- Henssen
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- References
Metamelanea is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lichinaceae. It consists of three species of rock-dwelling lichens.
==Taxonomy==
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