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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Caliciales

Familia: Caliciaceae
Genus: Tholurna
Species: T. dissimilis
Name

Tholurna Norman, 1861


Type Species: Tholurna dissimilis (Norman) Norman, 1861
References

Norman Flora, Jena 44: 409 (1861)

Norman, J.M. (1861) Descriptio speciei novae lichenis. - Flora (Regensburg)\Flora 1861: 409. (Mattick Rec.# 34033 - Literature on Lichens) (Biodiversity Heritage Library)

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Vernacular names
English: Urn lichen

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. doi:10.2307/3242716.

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