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 in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
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in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''
Squamulea subsoluta
''Squamulea subsoluta'' is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), squamulose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It was first formally described by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1873, who named it as a variety of ''Lecanora m ...
'' assigned as the type species. Five species were included in the original account of the genus. The genus name alludes to the squamulose growth form of most of its species. ''Squamulea'' has a worldwide distribution; when the genus was originally created, the centre of distribution was thought to be in southwestern North America.
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Squamulea chelonia
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species ...
Squamulea coreana
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species ...
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Squamulea evolutior
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species ...
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Squamulea flakusii
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species ...
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Squamulea galactophylla
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''Squamulea subsoluta'' ass ...
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Squamulea humboldtiana
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with '' Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species. ...
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Squamulea loekoesiana
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species. F ...
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Squamulea micromera
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with '' Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species. ...
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Squamulea nesodes
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species ...
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Squamulea oceanica
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with '' Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species. ...
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Squamulea osseophila
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with '' Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species. ...
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Squamulea parviloba
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with '' Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species. ...
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Squamulea phyllidizans
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with '' Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species. ...
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Squamulea squamosa
''Squamulea squamosa'' is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), squamulose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Found in southwestern North America, it was first formally described by Maurice Bouly de Lesdain in 1933, as ''Placodium squam ...
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Squamulea subsoluta
''Squamulea subsoluta'' is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), squamulose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It was first formally described by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1873, who named it as a variety of ''Lecanora m ...
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Squamulea uttarkashiana
''Squamulea'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with '' Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the type species. ...
'' – Uttarakhand
One of the original lichens placed in this genus, ''Squamulea kiamae'', has since been transferred to genus ''
Filsoniana
''Filsoniana'' is a genus of squamulose lichens in the family Teloschistaceae. It has six species. It was circumscribed in 2013 by Ingvar Kärnefelt, Arne Thell, Jae-Seoun Hur, Sergey Kondratyuk, and John Elix following a molecular phylogenetic ...