Scoliciosporaceae
Scoliciosporaceae is a family 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.monotypic, containing the single lichenicolous fungus species ''Umushamyces kuturnus''. Both the genus and species were described as new to science in 2008 by lichenologist Javier Etayo. The genus is similar in appearance to ''
Arthonia
''Arthonia'' is a genus of lichens in the family Arthoniaceae. It was circumscribed by Swedish botanist Erik Acharius in 1806.
It is a genus of thin crustose lichen of widely varying forms, commonly called comma lichens.Field Guide to Californi ...
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Biatora
''Biatora'' is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817,Fries EM, Sandberg A. (1817). ''Lichenum dianome nova''. Lund. the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine ...
asci ASCI or Asci may refer to:
* Advertising Standards Council of India
* Asci, the plural of ascus, in fungal anatomy
* Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative
* American Society for Clinical Investigation
* Argus Sour Crude Index
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. The species was found parasitising the lichen ''
Coccotrema cucurbitula
''Coccotrema'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi. It is the type genus of the family Coccotremataceae, in the order Pertusariales. The genus contains 16 species.
Taxonomy
''Coccotrema'' was circumscribed by Swiss botanist Johannes Müller Argov ...