Francisrosea Ertz & Sanderson gen. nov.
MycoBank number: MB 836494; Index Fungorum number: IF 836494; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13848;
A new genus in the family Gyalectaceae, distinguished by having an isolated phylogenetic position as sister to a clade including Gyalidea praetermissa and the genera Neopetractis and Ramonia, and characterized by an inconspicuous thallus with small discrete erumpent soralia lacking acetone-soluble secondary metabolites detectable by TLC.
Type species: Francisrosea bicolor Ertz & Sanderson.
Etymology: Named after Francis Rose for his outstanding contribution to the protection and study of the lichen flora of forests with a long historical continuity, in Great Britain.
Description: See specific description below.
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