Servitia
| Servitia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Servitia M.S. Christ. & Alstrup |
| Species: | S. inconspicuum |
| Binomial name | |
| Servitia inconspicuum (Lynge) M.S. Christ. & Alstrup | |
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Servitia is a genus of fungi in the family Verrucariaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Servitia inconspicuum (Lynge) M.S. Christ. & Alstrup. It was circumscribed in Alstrup & Hansen, Graphis Scripta vol.12 (2) on page 41 in 2001.
The genus name of Servitia is in honour of Miroslav Servít (1886–1959), who was a Czech teacher, botanist (Bryology, Mykology and Lichenology), who taught at various agricultural Research stations and schools.