''Bagliettoa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
lichen-forming
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the family
Verrucariaceae.
The genus was
circumscribed by Italian lichenologist
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist. He was born in Tregnago in the Province of Verona and took a great interest in botany as a young man. Massalongo joined the faculty of me ...
in 1853.
''Bagliettoa'' species are
endolithic
An endolith or endolithic is an organism (archaeon, bacterium, fungus, lichen, algae or amoeba) that is able to acquire the necessary resources for growth in the inner part of a rock, mineral, coral, animal shells, or in the Porosity, pores bet ...
, growing between the grains of solid rock.
Species
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Bagliettoa bagliettoiformis''
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Bagliettoa baldensis''
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Bagliettoa calciseda''
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Bagliettoa cazzae''
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Bagliettoa ceracea''
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Bagliettoa crassa''
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Bagliettoa crassiuscula''
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Bagliettoa inaequata''
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Bagliettoa limborioides''
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Bagliettoa marmorea''
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Bagliettoa ocellata''
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Bagliettoa operculata''
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Bagliettoa parmigera''
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Bagliettoa parmigerella''
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Bagliettoa quarnerica''
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Bagliettoa rubrocincta''
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Bagliettoa sphinctrina''
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Bagliettoa sphinctrinella''
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Bagliettoa steineri''
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Bagliettoa subconcentrica''
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Bagliettoa suzaeana''
References
Verrucariales
Eurotiomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1853
Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
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