Ameliella

Ameliella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. Described in 2008, the genus contains two species, A. andreaeicola and A. grisea, that were collected from high elevations in the Scottish Highlands. The two species have also been found in single instances in British Columbia and Northern Norway. The generic name is derived from the Greek ameleo, meaning "neglected" or "overlooked"; it was originally intended to be Amelia, which is also the first name of the daughter of one of the authors, but this name had previously been used for another genus and was therefore ineligible for use according to the rules of mycological nomenclature. Ameliella appears to have some similarity with the lichen genus Miriquidica. The genus name of Ameliella is in honour of Amelia Rogocka Fryday (b.1993). The genus was circumscribed by Alan M. Fryday and Brian John Coppins in Lichenologist Vol.40 on page 388 in 2008....read more on Wikipedia.