# Protomicarea

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{{Short description|Genus of lichens}}
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| image =
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| taxon = Protomicarea
| authority = [Hafellner](/source/Josef_Hafellner) (2001)
| type_species = ''[Protomicarea limosa](/source/Protomicarea_limosa)''
| type_species_authority = ([Ach.](/source/Ach.)) Hafellner (2001)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''[P. limosa](/source/Protomicarea_limosa)''<br />
''[P. alpestris](/source/Protomicarea_alpestris)''
}}

thumb | right | alt=Lichens of Calvert Island. D. Protomicarea limosa, McMullin 19698 (CANL). | Lichens of Calvert Island. D. Protomicarea limosa, McMullin 19698 (CANL).
'''''Protomicarea''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [lichen](/source/lichen)-forming [fungi](/source/fungi) in the family [Psoraceae](/source/Psoraceae).<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020"/> The genus contains two species: ''[Protomicarea limosa](/source/Protomicarea_limosa)'' (the [type](/source/type_species)) and ''[Protomicarea alpestris](/source/Protomicarea_alpestris)''. ''Protomicarea'' was [circumscribed](/source/circumscription_(taxonomy)) by lichenologist [Josef Hafellner](/source/Josef_Hafellner) in 2001.<ref name="Hafellner & Türk 2001"/>

==Species==
*''[Protomicarea alpestris](/source/Protomicarea_alpestris)'' {{small|(Sommerf.) McCune (2018)}}
*''[Protomicarea limosa](/source/Protomicarea_limosa)'' {{small|(Ach.) Hafellner (2001)}}

==References==
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<ref name="Hafellner & Türk 2001">{{cite journal |last1=Hafellner |first1=J. |last2=Türk |first2=R. |year=2001 |title=Die liechenisierten Pilze Österreichs – eine Checkliste der bisher nachgewiesenen Arten mit Verbreitungsangaben |journal=Stapfia |volume=76 |page=156 |language=de}}</ref>

<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020">{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |last1=Wijayawardene |first1=Nalin |last2=Hyde |first2=Kevin |first3=Laith Khalil Tawfeeq |last3=Al-Ani |last4=Somayeh |first4=Dolatabadi |last5=Stadler |first5=Marc |last6=Haelewaters |first6=Danny |last7=Tsurykau |first7=Andrei |last8=Mesic |first8=Armin |last9=Navathe |first9=Sudhir |last10=Papp |first10=Viktor |last11=Oliveira Fiuza |first11=Patrícia |last12=Vázquez |first12=Víctor |last13=Gautam |first13=Ajay |last14=Becerra |first14=Alejandra G. |last15=Ekanayaka |first15=Anusha |last16=K. C. |first16=Rajeshkumar |last17=Bezerra |first17=Jadson |last18=Matočec |first18=Neven |last19=Maharachchikumbura |first19=Sajeewa |last20=Suetrong |first20=Satinee |year=2020 |title=Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa |journal=Mycosphere |volume=11 |pages=1060–1456 |doi=10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 |doi-access=free|hdl=10481/61998 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

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Category:Lecanorales
Category:Lichen genera
Category:Lecanorales genera
Category:Taxa named by Josef Hafellner
Category:Taxa described in 2001

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