''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, ][USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search]
/ref>Crater Lichen (Diploschistes), Encyclopedia of Life
/ref> The fruiting part ( apothecia) 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 ...
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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''
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. 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'' (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 gypsaceus''
*'' Diploschistes gyrophoricus''
*'' Diploschistes hensseniae''
*''Diploschistes microsporus
''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 ...
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*''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 scruposus'' (crater lichen) is a pale gray to white, warty to cracked ( areolate) crustose lichen with black, urn-shaped (urceolate) fruiting bodies ( apothecia). It is found worldwide on growing on rock ( saxicolous) that is s ...
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*'' Diploschistes sticticus''
*'' Diploschistes thunbergianus''
*'' Diploschistes tianshanensis''
*'' Diploschistes wui''
*'' Diploschistes xinjiangensis''
References
Ostropales
Lichen genera
Ostropales genera
Taxa described in 1853
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