Servitia

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Servitia

| parent_authority = M.S. Christ. & Alstrup

| species = inconspicuum

| authority = (Lynge) M.S. Christ. & Alstrup

| synonyms = {{Species list | Dermatocarpon inconspicuum | Lynge}}

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Servitia is a genus of fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.{{cite journal |last=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA }} A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Servitia inconspicuum {{Au|(Lynge) M.S. Christ. & Alstrup}}. It was circumscribed in Alstrup & Hansen, Graphis Scripta vol.12 (2) on page 41 in 2001.{{cite web |title=Servitia inconspicuum |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=456684 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=24 October 2022}}

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.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}