Name: Volvaria DC. apud Lamarck, J.B.A.P.M. de Monnet; Candolle, A.P. de, (1805) page 373 [basionym]
Accepted name:
Gyalecta Ach.
Status:
Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:
Gyalectaceae Stizenb. [Family]
Ostropales Nannf. [Order]
Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [Subclass]
Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class]
Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum]
Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum]
Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:
Species
Volvaria clausa (Hoffm.) Trevis.
Volvaria conchylioides
Volvaria exanthemica (Sm.) DC.
Volvaria gyalectoides (A. Massal.) Trevis.
Volvaria ilicicola Speg.
Volvaria lepadina (Ach.) A. Massal.
Volvaria microchlamida Speg.
Volvaria truncigena DC.
Cybertruffle Resources:
Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:
Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA]
Genbank
Google images
IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection]
Index Fungorum
Landcare [New Zealand]
Mycobank
New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]