Parasiphula is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Coccotremataceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas and Martin Grube in 2006, and contains seven species that are known from cool to cold latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere.[2]

Parasiphula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Coccotremataceae
Genus: Parasiphula
Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
Type species
Parasiphula fragilis
(Hook. f. & Taylor) Kantvilas & Grube (2006)
Species

P. comata
P. complanata
P. elixii
P. foliacea
P. fragilis
P. georginae
P. jamesii

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Grube, M.; Kantvilas, G. (2006). "Siphula represents a remarkable case of morphological convergence in sterile lichens". The Lichenologist. 38 (3): 241–249. doi:10.1017/S0024282906005500. S2CID 85700746.