{{Short description|Genus of lichens}} {{italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Kroswia | authority = P.M.Jørg. (2002) | type_species = ''Kroswia crystallifera'' | type_species_authority = P.M.Jørg. (2002) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''K. crystallifera''<br /> ''K. epispora''<br /> ''K. gemmascens''<br /> ''K. polydactyla'' }}

'''''Kroswia''''' is a genus of lichens in the family Pannariaceae. It consists of four paleotropical species: ''K.&nbsp;epispora'', ''K.&nbsp;gemmascens'', ''K.&nbsp;polydactyla'', and the type, ''K.&nbsp;crystallifera''. Species in the genus are characterized by their gelatinous, homoiomerous (uniform in structure, without differentiation into distinct tissues), and ecorticate (without a cortex) thallus. The ascocarps contain terpenoids and fatty acids.<ref name="Liu 2015"/> The genus was circumscribed by Norwegian lichenologist Per Magnus Jørgensen in 2002.<ref name="Jørgensen 2002"/>

The genus name ''Kroswia'' honours Hildur Krog (1922–2014), who was a Norwegian botanist and Thomas Douglas Victor Swinscow (1917–1992), a British writer, editor and physician.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Redmond |title=Obituary: Dr Douglas Swinscow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dr-douglas-swinscow-1555795.html |access-date=20 May 2022 |work=The Independent |date=5 October 1992 |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Jørgensen 2002">{{cite journal |last1=Jørgensen |first1=P.M. |title=''Kroswia'', a new genus in the Pannariaceae (lichenized ascomycetes) |journal=The Lichenologist |year=2002 |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=297–303 |doi=10.1006/lich.2002.0401|s2cid=86303017 }}</ref>

<ref name="Liu 2015">{{cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=H.-J. |last2=Hu |first2=J.-S. |last3=Li |first3=C. |title=The lichen genus ''Kroswia'' in China |journal=Mycotaxon |year=2015 |volume=130 |issue=4 |pages=951–959 |doi=10.5248/130.951|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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Category:Pannariaceae Category:Peltigerales genera Category:Lichen genera Category:Taxa named by Per Magnus Jørgensen Category:Taxa described in 2002

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