Elixia Meridianelia The Elixiaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Umbilicariales.
It contains two genera, Meridianelia, and the type genus, Elixia, which together have a total of three species.
[1] The family was circumscribed by lichenologist Helge Thorsten Lumbsch in 1997.
The family name honours Australian lichenologist John Alan Elix.
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