Nipponoparmelia
Nipponoparmelia
Genus of lichenised fungi in the family Parmeliaceae
Nipponoparmelia is a genus of five species of lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae. Nipponoparmelia was originally conceived by Syo Kurokawa as a subgenus of the genus Parmelia in 1994.[1] It was raised to generic status in 2010.[2] Four east Asian species were originally placed in the genus; Nipponoparmelia perplicata, found in South Korea and Russia, was added in 2014.[3]