Protousnea

Protousnea is a genus of lichenised ascomycetes in the large family Parmeliaceae. It contains two accepted species. Protousnea species have a fruticose growth form, similar to beard lichens (genus Usnea). The genus is endemic to southern South America.[2] The genus was circumscribed in 1976 by Hildur Krog as a segregate genus from Usnea.[3]

Protousnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Protousnea
(Motyka) Krog (1976)
Species

P. fibrillatae
P. magellanica

Synonyms[1]
  • Usnea subgen. Protousnea Motyka (1936)

Species
  • Protousnea fibrillatae Calvelo, Stock.-Wörg., Liber. & Elix (2003)[2]
  • Protousnea magellanica (Mont.) Krog (1976)[3]

References
  1. "Synonymy: Protousnea (Motyka) Krog". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. Calvelo, Susana; Stocker-Wörgötter, Elfie; Liberatore, Sandra; Elix, John A. (2003). "Protousnea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota), a genus endemic to southern South America". The Bryologist. 108 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2005)108[1:PPAAGE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20061064. S2CID 85909019.
  3. Krog, H. (1976). "Lethariella new genus and Protousnea new genus 2 new lichen genera in Parmeliaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 23 (2): 83–106.


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