Tholurna

Tholurna
	in Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Caliciales
Family:	Caliciaceae
Genus:	Tholurna; Norman (1861)[1]
Species:	T. dissimilis
Binomial name
	Tholurna dissimilis; (Norman) Norman (1861)
Synonyms
	Podocratera dissimilis Norman (1861);

Tholurna is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae.[2] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Tholurna dissimilis. This species was first described by Johannes Musaeus Norman as Podocratera dissimilis in 1861; he circumscribed the new genus Tholurna the same year to contain the species. It is found in Scandinavia and western North America.[3]

References

Norman, J.M. (1861). "Descriptio speciei novae lichenis, quam detexit et sub nomine Tholurna dissimilis proponit". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 44: 409.
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
Otto, George F. (1983). "Tholurna dissimilis well established in western North America". The Bryologist. 86 (3): 263–265. doi:10.2307/3242716. JSTOR 3242716.

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[Norman_1861-1] Norman, J.M. (1861). "Descriptio speciei novae lichenis, quam detexit et sub nomine Tholurna dissimilis proponit". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 44: 409.

[Kirk_2008-2] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[Otto_1983-3] Otto, George F. (1983). "Tholurna dissimilis well established in western North America". The Bryologist. 86 (3): 263–265. doi:10.2307/3242716. JSTOR 3242716.