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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)

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

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

References

1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:11336/151990.
2. Ertz D, Sanderson N, Lebouvier M (12 March 2021). "Thelopsis challenges the generic circumscription in the Gyalectaceae and brings new insights to the taxonomy of Ramonia". The Lichenologist. 53 (1). Cambridge University Press: 45–61. doi:10.1017/S002428292000050X. S2CID 232199912.
3. Harris, R.C.; Ladd, D. (2007). "New taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Ozark Ecoregion" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 4: 57–68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2008.
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen: Von Menschen & ihren Pflanzen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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