Phoebus hydrophobius

Phoebus is a fungal genus of previously uncertain familial placement in the order Arthoniales,^[1] now placed in the family Lecanographaceae thanks to molecular analyses.^[2] It contains only one species, Phoebus hydrophobius, found in the Ozarks of the central United States, and described as new to science in 2007.^[3]

Phoebus hydrophobius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Arthoniomycetes
Order:	Arthoniales
Family:	Lecanographaceae
Genus:	Phoebus R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007)
Species:	P. hydrophobius
Binomial name
Phoebus hydrophobius R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007)

The genus name of Phoebus is named after the mythical Greco-Roman god Phoebus (also known as Apollo) of the sun as the fungus was thought to look like the orange 'sun bursts' on rocks.^[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Richard C. Harris and Douglas Ladd in Opuscula Philolichenum vol.4 on page 64 in 2007.