''Squamulea'' is a
genus
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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.[fungi
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in the family
Teloschistaceae
The Teloschistaceae are a large family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The family, estimated to contain over 1800 species, was extensively revised in 2013, including the creation o ...
.
It has 15 species. The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''
Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the
type species
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. Five species were included in the original account of the genus. The genus name alludes to the
squamulose
A squamulose lichen is a lichen that is composed of small, often overlapping "scales" called squamules. If they are raised from the substrate and appear leafy, the lichen may appear to be a foliose lichen, but the underside does not have a "skin ...
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.
Species
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Squamulea chelonia''
–
Galapagos Islands
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Squamulea coreana''
– South Korea
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Squamulea evolutior''
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Squamulea flakusii''
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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''
– Galapagos Islands
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Squamulea loekoesiana''
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Squamulea micromera''
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Squamulea nesodes''
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Squamulea oceanica''
– Galapagos Islands
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Squamulea osseophila''
– Galapagos Islands
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Squamulea parviloba''
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Squamulea phyllidizans''
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Squamulea squamosa''
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Squamulea subsoluta''
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Squamulea uttarkashiana''
–
Uttarakhand
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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 ...
''.
References
Teloschistales
Taxa described in 2013
Teloschistales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Ulrik Søchting
Taxa named by Patrik Frödén
Taxa named by Ulf Arup
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