Lobothallia | |
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Lobothallia sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Pertusariales |
Family: | Megasporaceae |
Genus: |
Lobothallia (Clauzade & Cl.Roux) Hafellner (1991) |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Lobothallia is a genus of lichens in the family Megasporaceae. Species in the genus have foliose thalli that become crustose areolate in the center with age, and grow on calcareous to siliceous rocks. [2]: 306–7 The crustose part of the body may keep its lower cortex, [2]: 306 though not always. [3] Dark brown to black apothecia may be sunken into the surface of the thallus, as indicated in the common name puffed sunken disk lichen. [2]: 306 Members grow to 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) or more radiating lobes ( placodioid). [3] The photobiont is green alga from the genus Trebouxia. [3] The genus is represented in Eurasia, Asia, North Africa, Central America, western North America, and Australia. [3]
As of December 2021 [update], Species Fungorum accepts 17 species of Lobothallia. [4]
Lobothallia | |
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Lobothallia sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Pertusariales |
Family: | Megasporaceae |
Genus: |
Lobothallia (Clauzade & Cl.Roux) Hafellner (1991) |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Lobothallia is a genus of lichens in the family Megasporaceae. Species in the genus have foliose thalli that become crustose areolate in the center with age, and grow on calcareous to siliceous rocks. [2]: 306–7 The crustose part of the body may keep its lower cortex, [2]: 306 though not always. [3] Dark brown to black apothecia may be sunken into the surface of the thallus, as indicated in the common name puffed sunken disk lichen. [2]: 306 Members grow to 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) or more radiating lobes ( placodioid). [3] The photobiont is green alga from the genus Trebouxia. [3] The genus is represented in Eurasia, Asia, North Africa, Central America, western North America, and Australia. [3]
As of December 2021 [update], Species Fungorum accepts 17 species of Lobothallia. [4]