Thyrea (lichen)

Thyrea
	Thyrea confusa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lichinomycetes
Order:	Lichinales
Family:	Lichinaceae
Genus:	Thyrea; A.Massal. (1856)
Type species
	Thyrea plectospora; A.Massal. (1856)
Species
	T. confusa; T. girardii; T. plectopsora; T. porphyrella
Synonyms
	Lecidea sect. Omphalaria Ach. (1803); Omphalaria Durieu & Mont. (1847); Omphalaria sect. Omphalaria Durieu & Mont. (1847); Omphalaria subgen. Omphalaria Durieu & Mont. (1847);

Thyrea is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lichinaceae.^[2] It contains four species that have been accepted by Species Fungorum.^[3] The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1856, with Thyrea plectospora assigned as the type species.^[4]

Species

^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Thyrea A. Massal., Sched. Crit. Lich. Exsicc. (Veronae) 4: 75 (1856)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Thyrea". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b Massalongo, A. (1856). Schedulae criticae in lichenes exsiccatos Italiae (in Latin). Typis Antonellianis. p. 75.
^ Henssen, Aino; Jørgensen, Per Magnus (1990). "New combinations and synonyms in the Lichinaceae". The Lichenologist. 22 (2): 137–147. doi:10.1017/s0024282990000093.
^ Schultz, M.; Büdel, B.; Porembski, S. (2001). "Thyrea porphyrella, a new species of the Lichinaceae from inselbergs in tropical South America". The Lichenologist. 33 (3): 211–214. doi:10.1006/lich.2000.0317. S2CID 86489536.

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