''Bagliettoa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...]
in the family
Verrucariaceae
The Verrucariaceae are a family of mostly lichenised fungi in the order Verrucariales. The lichen-forming species, which comprise the vast majority of the family, have a wide variety of thallus forms, and include crustose (crust-like), foliose ( ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Italian lichenologist
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist. He was born in Tregnago in the Province of Verona and took a great interest in botany as a young man. Massalongo joined the faculty of med ...
in 1853.
''Bagliettoa'' species are
endolithic
An endolith or endolithic is an organism (archaeon, bacterium, fungus, lichen, algae or amoeba) that is able to acquire the necessary resources for growth in the inner part of a rock, mineral, coral, animal shells, or in the Porosity, pores bet ...
, growing between the grains of solid rock.
Species
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Bagliettoa bagliettoiformis''
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Bagliettoa baldensis''
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Bagliettoa calciseda''
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Bagliettoa cazzae
''Bagliettoa'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Verrucariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1853. ''Bagliettoa'' species are endolithic, growing between the grains of solid ...
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Bagliettoa ceracea''
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Bagliettoa crassa''
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Bagliettoa crassiuscula''
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Bagliettoa inaequata''
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Bagliettoa limborioides
''Bagliettoa'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Verrucariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1853. ''Bagliettoa'' species are endolithic
An endolith or endolithic is an ...
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Bagliettoa marmorea''
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Bagliettoa ocellata''
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Bagliettoa operculata''
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Bagliettoa parmigera''
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Bagliettoa parmigerella''
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Bagliettoa quarnerica''
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Bagliettoa rubrocincta''
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Bagliettoa sphinctrina''
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Bagliettoa sphinctrinella''
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Bagliettoa steineri''
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Bagliettoa subconcentrica''
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Bagliettoa suzaeana''
References
Verrucariales
Eurotiomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1853
Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
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