Hertella
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Hertella is a lichenized genus of fungi within the Placynthiaceae family.[1]
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Hertella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Peltigerales |
Family: | Placynthiaceae |
Genus: | Hertella Henssen |
Type species | |
Hertella subantarctica Henssen |
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The genus name of Hertella is in honour of Hannes Hertel (b.1939), a German botanist (Mycology, Lichenology and Bryology), Taxonomist, Curator of Lichenes/Bryophytes and former Director of the Botanische Staatssammlung München.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Aino Marjatta Henssen in Mycotaxon vol.22 on page 381 in 1985.
- Hertella chilensis Henssen
- Hertella neozelandica Henssen
- Hertella subantarctica Henssen