family
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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.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
* Brigan ...
. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.
Taxonomy
Lecanoraceae was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by German lichenologist
Gustav Wilhelm Körber
Gustav Wilhelm Körber (10 January 1817, Hirschberg – 27 January 1885, Breslau) was a German lichenologist.
He studied natural sciences in Breslau and Berlin, obtaining his PhD in 1839 with the thesis ''De gonidiis lichenum''. After graduati ...
in 1855.
Genera
According to a 2017 estimate, Lecanoraceae contains 791 species distributed amongst 25 genera.
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Adelolecia
''Adelolecia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed by Hannes Hertel and Josef Hafellner in 1984. The genus was formerly classified in the family Ramalinaceae
The Ramalinaceae are a family o ...
Bryodina
''Bryodina'' is a genus of two species of crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed by Austrian lichenologist Josef Hafellner in 2001 as a segregate of the large genus ''Lecanora''. It is distinguished from the morpholo ...
'' – 2 spp.
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Bryonora
''Bryonora'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1983 by lichenologist Josef Poelt, with '' Bryonora castanea'' assigned as the type species.
Species
*'' Bryonora castanea''
*'' Bryonora c ...
Japewiella
''Japewiella'' is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed in 2000 by German botanist and lichenologist Christian Printzen as a segregate of the genus '' Japewia''. The genus name of ''Japewia'' was in honour of Peter W ...
'' – 7 spp.
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Lecanora
''Lecanora'' is a genus of lichen commonly called rim lichens.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, Lichens in the genus ''Squamarina'' are also called rim lichens. Members of the genus have roughly ci ...
'' – 550 spp.
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Lecidella
''Lecidella'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae.
Taxonomy
''Lecidella'' was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855. It was not widely used until more than a century later, when Hannes Hertel ...
Myriolecis
''Myriolecis'' is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was originally circumscribed in 1909 by Frederic E. Clements with '' Myriolecis sambuci'' as the type species. The genus was later reinstated to accommodate the ''Lecanora dispe ...
Palicella
''Palicella'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae. It contains five species.
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by lichenologists Pamela Rodriguez-De Flakus and Christian Printzen to accommodate the type species, ...
Pulvinora
''Pulvinora'' is a small genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae. It has two species. The genus was circumscribed in 2021 by Evgeny Davydov and Lidia Yakovchenko to contain two species formerly in the '' ...
'' – 2 spp.
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Punctonora
''Punctonora'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1997 by lichenologist André Aptroot, with '' Punctonora nigropulvinata'' assigned as the type species
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'' – 1 sp.
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Pyrrhospora
''Pyrrhospora'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with '' Pyrrhospora quernea'' assigned as the type species.
Species
*'' Pyrrhospo ...
'' – 8 spp.
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Rhizoplaca
''Rhizoplaca'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. Members of the genus are commonly called rimmed navel lichens because of their umbilicate growth form and lecanorine (rimmed with thallus-like tissue)apothecia
An a ...