Allantoparmelia

Allantoparmelia
Allantoparmelia alpicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Allantoparmelia
(Vain.) Essl.
Species

A. almquistii
A. alpicola
A. sibirica

Allantoparmelia is a genus of lichenised ascomycetes in the large family Parmeliaceae. It is a genus of only three currently accepted species. All three Allantoparmelia lichens have a foliose growth form.[1] They appear to be a very slow growing group of lichens, with a mean annual thallus diameter increase of only 0.23–0.35 mm per year.[2]

References

  1. Crespo, A.; Lumbsch, H. T.; Mattsson, J. E.; Blanco, O.; Divakar, P. K.; Articus, K.; Wiklund, E.; Bawingan, P. A.; Wedin, M. (August 2007). "Testing morphology-based hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships in Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) using three ribosomal markers and the nuclear RPB1 gene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44 (2): 812–824. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.11.029. PMID 17276700.
  2. Hestmark, G., Skogesal, O., Skullerud, Ø. (2004). Growth in the alpine saxicolous lichens Allantoparmelia alpicola and Melanelia stygia. Nova Hedwigia 78: 301–309. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119857277/abstract
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