lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Scoliciosporaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was reinstated by
Antonin Vězda Antonin may refer to:
People
* Antonin (name)
Places
;Poland
* Antonin, Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Ostrów ...
in 1978 to contain crustose lichens with immarginate apothecia, gelatinized, branched and anastomosing
paraphyses
Paraphyses are erect sterile filament-like support structures occurring among the reproductive apparatuses of fungi, ferns, bryophytes and some thallophytes. The singular form of the word is paraphysis.
In certain fungi, they are part of the fe ...
, eight-spored, usually ''Lecanora''-type
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* Asci, the plural of ascus, in fungal anatomy
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, and
hyaline
A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from el, ὑάλινος, translit=hyálinos, lit=transparent, and el, ὕαλος, translit=hýalos, lit=crystal, glass, label=none.
Histopathology
Hyaline cartilage is ...
, multi- septateascospores.
''Scoliciosporum'' was originally placed in the family Micareaceae by Josef Poelt in 1974. This classification was rejected after the appearance of
molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
studies in the mid-2000s.
Habitat and distribution
''Scoliciosporum'' species grow mainly on bark, stones and leaves. They occur mostly in temperate locales.