Biatora | |
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Soralia of Biatora printzenii, magnified 30X | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: |
Biatora Fr. (1817) |
Type species | |
Biatora vernalis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Biatora is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817, [2] the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores. [3] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains 42 species that are widely distributed in temperate areas. [4]
The taxon Biatora marmorea, found in Alaska, was proposed as a new species in 2020; [7] however, it is an illegitimate name as it had already been used for a species that is now known as Bagliettoa marmorea. [8]
Biatora | |
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Soralia of Biatora printzenii, magnified 30X | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: |
Biatora Fr. (1817) |
Type species | |
Biatora vernalis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Biatora is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817, [2] the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores. [3] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains 42 species that are widely distributed in temperate areas. [4]
The taxon Biatora marmorea, found in Alaska, was proposed as a new species in 2020; [7] however, it is an illegitimate name as it had already been used for a species that is now known as Bagliettoa marmorea. [8]