Buellia
| Buellia | |
|---|---|
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| Buellia chloroleuca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Buellia De Not. |
| Type species | |
| Buellia disciformis (Fr.) Mudd | |
Buellia is a genus of fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The fungi are usually part of a crustoselichens.[1] In this case, the lichen species is given the same name as the fungus. But members may also grow as parasites on lichens (lichenicolous).[1] The algae in the lichen is always a member of the genus Trebouxia.[1]
Lichens in the genus are commonly called disc lichens,[2] or button lichens.[3]:229 The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 450 species.[4]
Genetic studies indicates that the genus Amandinea and Buellia may be the same,[5] although this is not widely accepted.[6]
Species
- Buellia abstracta
- Buellia badia
- Buellia concinna
- Buellia disciformis
- Buellia dispersa
- Buellia frigida
- Buellia halonia
- Buellia maritima
- Buellia oidalea
- Buellia spuria
Gallery
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Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium from B. disciformis taken through a compound microscope (x400), showing numerous brown, 1-septate spores per ascus.
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Photograph of brown, 1-septate (2-celled) spores from B. disciformis taken through a compound microscope, x1000. (spores measure 27 x 11 micrometres)
References
- 1 2 3 Disc Lichen (Buellia), US Department of Agriculture,
- ↑ Results for Scientific Name Buellia, USDA
- ↑ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ↑ Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, A. Aptroot, B. J. Coppins, A. Fletcher, O. L. Gilbert, P. W. James and P. A. Wosley (eds.) The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. The British Lichen Society, Natural History Museum Publications, United Kingdom, pp. 142–144
- ↑ Amandinea punctata in the Joshua Tree National Park (California, U.S.A.) Map collection: Kerry Knudsen, Kocourková Jana; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ecology, Czech Republic; 2012
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