Biatora
Biatora | |
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Soralia of Biatora printzenii, magnified 30X | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: | Biatora Fr. (1817) |
Type species | |
Biatora vernalis (L.) Fr. (1822) |
Biatora is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817,[1] the genus consists of crustose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores.[2] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains 42 species that are widely distributed in temperate areas.[3]
Species
- Biatora aegrefaciens
- Biatora albohyalina
- Biatora alborufidula
- Biatora aureolepra
- Biatora britannica
- Biatora chrysantha
- Biatora cuprea
- Biatora efflorescens
- Biatora epirotica
- Biatora fallax
- Biatora flavopunctata
- Biatora helvola
- Biatora hertelii
- Biatora ligni-mollis
- Biatora mendax
- Biatora ocelliformis
- Biatora rufidula
- Biatora sphaeroidiza
- Biatora subduplex
- Biatora subgilva
- Biatora toensbergii
- Biatora troendelagica
- Biatora turgidula
- Biatora vacciniicola
- Biatora vernalis
References
- ↑ Fries EM, Sandberg A. (1817). Lichenum dianome nova. Lund.
- ↑ Printzen C, Tønsberg T (1999). "The lichen genus Biatora in northwestern North America". The Bryologist. 102 (4): 692–713. doi:10.2307/3244256.
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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