Biatora

Biatora
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

  1. Fries EM, Sandberg A. (1817). Lichenum dianome nova. Lund.
  2. Printzen C, Tønsberg T. (1999). "The lichen genus Biatora in northwestern North America". The Bryologist 102 (4): 692–713. doi:10.2307/3244256.
  3. 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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