Josefpoeltia

Josefpoeltia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has three species.^[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1997 by lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnefelt, with J. boliviensis assigned as the type species. The genus name honours lichenologist Josef Poelt,^[2] (1924-1995) who was a German-Austrian botanist (Bryology, Mycology and Lichenology) and was Professor of Systematic Botany at the Free University of Berlin in 1965.^[3]

Josefpoeltia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Teloschistaceae
Genus:	Josefpoeltia S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997)
Type species
Josefpoeltia boliviensis S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997)
Species
J. boliviensis J. parva J. sorediosa

Species

• Josefpoeltia boliviensis S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997)
• Josefpoeltia parva (Räsänen) Frödén & L.Lindblom (2003)
• Josefpoeltia sorediosa S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (1997)