Eiglera is a small genus of crustose lichens belonging to the monotypic family Eigleraceae.[1] Eiglera species are found in Europe and Northern America.[2]

Eiglera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Acarosporales
Family: Eigleraceae
Hafellner (1984)
Genus: Eiglera
Hafellner (1984)
Type species
Eiglera flavida
(Hepp ex Kremp.) Hafellner (1984)

The genus was circumscribed by lichenologist Josef Hafellner in 1984, with Eiglera flavida assigned as the type species; this lichen had previously been classified in either Aspicilia or Lecanora. The genus name Eiglera honours German botanist Gerhard Eigler.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  2. ^ "Eiglera". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ Hafellner, J. (1984). "Studien in Richtung einer natürlichen Gliederung der Sammelfamilien Lecanoracae und Lecideaceae" [Studies towards a natural classification of the collective families Lecanoracae and Lecideaceae]. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia (in German). 79: 241–371 [276].
  4. ^ Hafellner, J.; Türk, R. (2001). "Die liechenisierten Pilze Österreichs - eine Checkliste der bisher nachgewiesenen Arten mit Verbreitungsangaben" [The lichenised fungi of Austria – a checklist of the species detected so far with information on their distribution]. Stapfia (in German). 76: 152.