''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) 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
crustose lichen
Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...
s with a thick, cracked (
areolate
Lichens are composite organisms made up of multiple species: a fungal partner, one or more photosynthetic partners, and sometimes a basidiomycete yeast. They are regularly grouped by their external appearance – a characteristic known as their ...
) body (
thallus
Thallus (plural: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. Many of these organisms wer ...
) with worldwide distribution.
[Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ][USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search]
/ref>Crater Lichen (Diploschistes), Encyclopedia of Life
/ref> The fruiting part (apothecia
An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are mo ...
) are immersed in the thick thallus so as to have the appearance of being small "crater
Crater may refer to:
Landforms
*Impact crater, a depression caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet
*Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surfac ...
s".[
It is in the family ]Thelotremataceae
The Thelotremataceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Ostropales.
Genera
*''Acanthotrema''
*''Chapsa''
*''Chroodiscus''
*'' Diploschistes''
*'' Fibrillithecis''
*'' Gyrotrema''
*'' Ingvariella''
*'' Leptotrema''
*'' Leucodecton''
* ...
. The widespread genus contains about 43 species.[ Johannes Musæus Norman described the genus in 1853.][
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Selected species
*''Diploschistes actinostomus
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*''Diploschistes aeneus
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*''Diploschistes albopruinosus
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*''Diploschistes almbornii
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*'' Diploschistes caesioplumbeus''
*''Diploschistes candidissimus
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*''Diploschistes cinereocaesius
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*''Diploschistes conceptionis
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*''Diploschistes diacapsis
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*''Diploschistes diploschistoides
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*''Diploschistes elixii
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*''Diploschistes euganeus
''Diploschistes'' (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The fruiting part (ap ...
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*'' Diploschistes farinosus''
*'' Diploschistes gypsaceus''
*'' Diploschistes gyrophoricus''
*'' Diploschistes hensseniae''
*'' Diploschistes microsporus''
*''Diploschistes muscorum
''Diploschistes muscorum'' is a species of fungus belonging to the family Graphidaceae.
It has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the ...
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*'' Diploschistes neutrophilus''
*'' Diploschistes scruposus''
*'' Diploschistes sticticus''
*'' Diploschistes thunbergianus''
*'' Diploschistes tianshanensis''
*'' Diploschistes wui''
*'' Diploschistes xinjiangensis''
References
Ostropales
Lichen genera
Ostropales genera
Taxa described in 1853
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