Tapellaria Explained

Tapellaria is a genus of leaf-dwelling lichens in the family Pilocarpaceae. The genus was circumscribed by lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1890, with Tapellaria herpetospora assigned as the type species.

Species

• Tapellaria albomarginata
• Tapellaria bilimbioides
• Tapellaria corticola
• Tapellaria epiphylla
• Tapellaria floridensis
• Tapellaria gilva
• Tapellaria granulosa
• Tapellaria herpetospora
• Tapellaria intermedia – Bolivia
• Tapellaria isidiata – Cameroon
• Tapellaria leonorae – Brazil
• Tapellaria major
• Tapellaria malmei
• Tapellaria marcellae – Ecuador
• Tapellaria moelleri
• Tapellaria nana
• Tapellaria nigrata
• Tapellaria palaeotropica
• Tapellaria parvimuriformis – Thailand
• Tapellaria phyllophila
• Tapellaria puiggarii
• Tapellaria samoana
• Tapellaria saxicola
• Tapellaria schindleri
• Tapellaria similis

References

Cited literature

• Book: Santesson, R. . 1952 . Foliicolous lichens. I. A revision of the taxonomy of the obligately foliicolous, lichenized fungi . Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses . 12 . 1 . 1–590.