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List Of Common Names Of Lichen Genera
This is a list of common names of lichen genera. When a common name for a lichen genus is the same as the scientific name for that genus, it is not included in the following list. This list only includes genera common names that are widely used, as indicated by the common name either appearing in a peer reviewed scientific publication or in a scientifically reliable reference source. A common name for a lichen genus will often uniquely refer to that genus, but not always. Sometimes the same common name may refer to several different genera, which may not be related by sharing common ancestry. An example is that " wart lichen" refers to at least five different genera in four different families. Sometimes the same genus may have more than one widely used common name. For example, members of the genus ''Staurothele'' are commonly called " wart lichens", and also "rock pimples". Lichen genus common names my come from the shape, color, or other feature of some members of a genus. Other m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is Latinized. A common name is sometimes frequently used, but that is not always the case. In chemistry, IUPAC defines a common name as one that, although it unambiguously defines a chemical, does not follow the current systematic naming convention, such as acetone, systematically 2-propanone, while a vernacular name describes one used in a lab, trade or industry that does not unambiguously describe a single chemical, such as copper sulfate, which may refer to either copper(I) sulfate or copper(II) sulfate. Sometimes common names are created by authorities on one particular subject, in an attempt to make it possible for members of the general public (including such interested par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psilolechia
''Psilolechia'' is a genus of four species of crustose lichens. It is the only member of Psilolechiaceae, a family that was created in 2014 to contain this genus. Taxonomy The genus ''Psilolechia'' was established by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860. Formerly classified in the family Pilocarpaceae, molecular phylogenetic analysis showed that ''Psilolechia'' represented a distinct lineage that deserved placement at the familial level, the Psilolechiaceae, which was formally circumscribed in 2014. This arrangement was accepted in later large-scale updates of fungal classification. Psilolechiaceae is in the order Lecanorales, in the suborder Sphaerophorineae, which also includes the families Pilocarpaceae, Psoraceae, and Ramalinaceae. Description Psilolechiaceae is a monogeneric family of crustose lichens with effuse, ecorticate (lacking a cortex), leprose thalli formed by goniocysts (aggregations of photobiont cells surrounded by short-celled hyphae) containing ''Trebou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptorhaphis
''Leptorhaphis'' is a genus of lichens in the family Naetrocymbaceae The Naetrocymbaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi with an uncertain taxonomic placement in the class (biology), class Dothideomycetes. References Pleosporales Ascomycota families {{Pleosporales stub .... Members of the genus ''Leptorhaphis'' are commonly called birchbark dot lichens. Species * '' Leptorhaphis atomaria'' * '' Leptorhaphis epidermidis'' * '' Leptorhaphis haematommatum'' * '' Leptorhaphis laricis'' * '' Leptorhaphis maggiana'' * '' Leptorhaphis novae-guineae'' * '' Leptorhaphis opuntiicola'' * '' Leptorhaphis tremulae'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10559097 Pleosporales Dothideomycetes genera Lichen genera Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber Taxa described in 1855 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birchbark Dot Lichen
''Leptorhaphis'' is a genus of lichens in the family Naetrocymbaceae. Members of the genus ''Leptorhaphis'' are commonly called birchbark dot lichens. Species * '' Leptorhaphis atomaria'' * ''Leptorhaphis epidermidis'' * '' Leptorhaphis haematommatum'' * '' Leptorhaphis laricis'' * '' Leptorhaphis maggiana'' * '' Leptorhaphis novae-guineae'' * ''Leptorhaphis opuntiicola'' * ''Leptorhaphis tremulae ''Leptorhaphis'' is a genus of lichens in the family Naetrocymbaceae. Members of the genus ''Leptorhaphis'' are commonly called birchbark dot lichens. Species * '' Leptorhaphis atomaria'' * ''Leptorhaphis epidermidis ''Leptorhaphis'' is a ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10559097 Pleosporales Dothideomycetes genera Lichen genera Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber Taxa described in 1855 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usnea
''Usnea'' is a genus of mostly pale grayish-green fruticose lichens that grow like leafless mini-shrubs or tassels anchored on bark or twigs.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The genus is in the family Parmeliaceae. It grows all over the world. Members of the genus are commonly called old man's beard, beard lichen, or beard moss. Like other lichens it is a symbiosis of two or three fungi and an alga. In ''Usnea'', the fungus belongs to the division Ascomycota, while the alga is a member of the division Chlorophyta. Members of the genus are similar to those of the genus '' Alectoria''. A distinguishing test is that the branches of ''Usnea'' are somewhat elastic, but the branches of ''Alectoria'' snap cleanly off. Systematics The genus ''Usnea'' was circumscribed by Michel Adanson in 1763. He used the name designated by Johann Jacob Dillenius, whose earlier published description did not met the rules of valid publication as estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beard Lichen
''Usnea'' is a genus of mostly pale grayish-green fruticose lichens that grow like leafless mini-shrubs or tassels anchored on bark or twigs.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The genus is in the family Parmeliaceae. It grows all over the world. Members of the genus are commonly called old man's beard, beard lichen, or beard moss. Like other lichens it is a symbiosis of two or three fungi and an alga. In ''Usnea'', the fungus belongs to the division Ascomycota, while the alga is a member of the division Chlorophyta. Members of the genus are similar to those of the genus '' Alectoria''. A distinguishing test is that the branches of ''Usnea'' are somewhat elastic, but the branches of ''Alectoria'' snap cleanly off. Systematics The genus ''Usnea'' was circumscribed by Michel Adanson in 1763. He used the name designated by Johann Jacob Dillenius, whose earlier published description did not met the rules of valid publication as estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelotrema
''Thelotrema'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Graphidaceae, the family to which all taxa in the former Thelotremataceae now belong. Members of the genus ''Thelotrema'' are commonly called barnacle lichens. Species , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic I ...) accepts 165 species of ''Thelotrema''. *'' Thelotrema adjectum'' *'' Thelotrema africanum'' *'' Thelotrema ahtii'' *'' Thelotrema albidopallens'' *'' Thelotrema allosporoides'' *'' Thelotrema amabilis'' *'' Thelotrema amazonicum'' *'' Thelotrema armellense'' *'' Thelotrema attenuatum'' *'' Thelotrema australiense'' *'' Thelotrema berendsohnii'' *'' Thelotrema berkeleyanum'' *'' Thelotrema bicuspidatum'' *'' Thelotrema biliranum'' *'' Thelotrema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnacle Lichen
''Thelotrema'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Graphidaceae, the family to which all taxa in the former Thelotremataceae now belong. Members of the genus ''Thelotrema'' are commonly called barnacle lichens. Species , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 165 species of ''Thelotrema''. *'' Thelotrema adjectum'' *''Thelotrema africanum'' *'' Thelotrema ahtii'' *''Thelotrema albidopallens'' *'' Thelotrema allosporoides'' *''Thelotrema amabilis'' *'' Thelotrema amazonicum'' *'' Thelotrema armellense'' *''Thelotrema attenuatum'' *''Thelotrema australiense'' *'' Thelotrema berendsohnii'' *'' Thelotrema berkeleyanum'' *''Thelotrema bicuspidatum'' *''Thelotrema biliranum'' *''Thelotrema byssoideum'' *''Thelotrema californicum'' *''Thelotrema cameroonense'' *''Thelotrema canarense'' *''Thelotrema canescens'' *''Thelotrema capense'' *''Thelotrema capetribulense'' *''Thelotrema catastictum'' *''Thelotrema cinerellum'' *''Thelotrema cinereov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphaerophorus
''Sphaerophorus'' a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species. Families * Aphanopsidaceae * Biatorellaceae * Briga .... Members of ''Sphaerophorus'' are commonly called ball lichens, coral lichens,Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, or tree coral. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains eight species. References Lecanorales Lecanorales genera Lichen genera Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Taxa described in 1794 {{Lecanorales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball Lichen
''Sphaerophorus'' a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species. Families * Aphanopsidaceae * Biatorellaceae * Briga .... Members of ''Sphaerophorus'' are commonly called ball lichens, coral lichens,Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, or tree coral. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains eight species. References Lecanorales Lecanorales genera Lichen genera Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Taxa described in 1794 {{Lecanorales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepraria
''Lepraria'' is a genus of leprose crustose lichens that grows on its substrate like patches of granular, caked up, mealy dust grains.A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Lepraria s.l. that produce divaricatic acid, with notes on the type species of the genus L. incana, James C. Lendemer , Mycologia 103(6): 1216-1229/ref> Members of the genus are List of lichen common names and their genera, commonly called dust lichens.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The main vegetative body (thallus) is made of patches of soredia (little balls of algae wrapped in fungus). There are no known mechanisms for sexual reproduction, yet members of the genus continue to speciate. Some species can form marginal lobes and appear squamulose. Because of the morphological simplicity of the thallus and the absence of sexual structures, the composition of lichen products (i.e., secondary metabolites made by lichens) are important character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysothrix
''Chrysothrix'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Chrysothricaceae. They are commonly called gold dust lichens or sulfur dust lichens,Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, because they are bright yellow to greenish-yellow, sometimes flecked with orange, and composed entirely of powdery soredia.Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press: New Haven. Apothecia are never present in North American specimens. They grow on bark or rocks, generally in shaded habitats. They can sometimes be mistaken for sterile specimens of '' Chaenotheca'', which usually has pinhead apothecia on tiny stalks, or ''Psilolechia'', which usually has small, bright yellow apothecia. ''Chrysothrix chlorina'' was traditionally used as a brown dye for wool in Scandinavia. Uphof, J. C. T. 1959. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Hafner Publishing Co.: New York. Taxonomy The genus was circumsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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