# Siphulella

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***Siphulella*** is a fungal [genus](/source/Genus) in the family [Icmadophilaceae](/source/Icmadophilaceae). The genus is [monotypic](/source/Monotypic), containing the single [lichen](/source/Lichen) species ***Siphulella coralloidea***, found in southwest [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania).[1] The genus and species were described as new to science in 1992 by [Gintaras Kantvilas](/source/Gintaras_Kantvilas), [John Elix](/source/John_Alan_Elix) and [Peter James](/source/Peter_Wilfred_James). The genus name is based on the superficial resemblance that *S. coralloidea* has to some species in the genus *[Siphula](/source/Siphula)*.[2]

## References

1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). *Dictionary of the Fungi*. 10th ed. Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

1. Kantvilas, Gintaras; Elix, John A.; James, Peter W. (1992). "*Siphulella*, a new lichen genus from southwest Tasmania". *The Bryologist*. **95** (2): 186–191. [doi:10.2307/3243434](https://doi.org/10.2307/3243434)

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