Phoebus (lichen)
Phoebus is a fungal genus of uncertain familial placement in the order Arthoniales.[1] It contains only one species, Phoebus hydrophobius, found in the Ozarks of the central United States, and described as new to science in 2007.[2]
| Phoebus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Genus: | Phoebus R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007) |
| Species: | P. hydrophobius |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoebus hydrophobius R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007) | |
The genus name of Phoebus is named after the mythical Greco-Roman god Phoebus (also known as Apollo) of the sun as the fungus was thought to look like the orange 'sun bursts' on rocks.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Richard C. Harris and Douglas Ladd in Opuscula Philolichenum vol.4 on page 64 in 2007.
References
- 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.
- Harris, R.C.; Ladd, D. (2007). "New taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Ozark Ecoregion" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 4: 57–68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-20.
- 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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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