Loxospora

Loxospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sarrameanaceae. It has 13 species. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852, with Loxospora elatina assigned as the type species. This crustose lichen was originally named Lecanora elatina by Erik Acharius in 1810.

Species

 * Loxospora assateaguensis Lendemer (2013) – Assateague Island, USA
 * Loxospora cismonica (Beltr.) Hafellner (1987)
 * Loxospora confusa Lendemer (2013) – mid-Atlantic coastal plain of eastern North America
 * Loxospora cristinae Guzow-Krzem., Łubek, Kubiak & Kukwa (2018) – Poland
 * Loxospora cyamidia (Stirt.) Kantvilas (2000)
 * Loxospora elatina (Ach.) A.Massal. (1852)
 * Loxospora glaucomiza (Nyl.) Kalb & Staiger (1995)
 * Loxospora isidiata Kalb (1992)
 * Loxospora lecanoriformis Lumbsch, A.W.Archer & Elix (2007) – New South Wales, Australia
 * Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C.Harris (1990)
 * Loxospora septata (Sipman & Aptroot) Kantvilas (2000)
 * Loxospora solenospora (Müll.Arg.) Kantvilas (2000)

Loxospora pustulata (Brodo & W.L.Culb.) Egan (1990) is now known as Lepra pustulata.