Mobergia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae.[1]

Mobergia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Physciaceae
Genus: Mobergia
H.Mayrhofer, Sheard & Matzer (1992)
Type species
Mobergia calculiformis
(W.A.Weber) H.Mayrhofer & Sheard (1992)

The genus name of Mobergia is in honour of Jan Roland Moberg (b.1939), a Swedish botanist (Mycology and Lichenology) and at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Helmut Mayrhofer and John Wilson Sheard in Bryologist vol.95 on page 438 in 1992.

References

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.