Lecanora
Lecanora | |
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Lecanora muralis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Lecanoraceae |
Genus: | Lecanora Ach. (1809)
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Type species | |
Lecanora subfusca | |
Diversity | |
about 500 species |
Lecanora is a
lecanorine.[1]
It is in the family Lecanoraceae in the suborder Lecanorineae.[3][4]
Description
Lecanora has a
: 680Swiss lichenologist
electron microscopy in the late 1970s to investigate ascus structure in several major groups of lichen-forming fungi. She defined the Lecanora-type ascus as one characterized by several distinctive features: (1) a non-amyloid, clear ascus wall that is encased in an amyloid outer layer often described as a fuzzy coat; (2) an amyloid dome filled with granular inclusions set within a clear matrix; (3) a clear central layer inside the dome; and (4) a method of opening, or dehiscence, that is rostrate (resembling the shape of a bird's beak – the ascus has a pointed or protruding tip from which the spores are released).[6]
Species
- Lecanora campestris (Schaer.) Hue 1888
- Lecanora conizaeoides Nyl. ex Cromb. 1885[7]
- Lecanora gangaleoides, Nyl. 1872
- Lecanora grantii, H. Magn. 1932
- Lecanora helicopis, (Wahlenb. ex Ach.) Ach. 1814
- Lecanora mellea, W.A.Weber (1975)
- Lecanora muralis, (Schreb.) Rabenh. (1845)
- Lecanora poliophaea, (Wahlenb.) Ach. 1810
- Lecanora rupicola, (L.) Zahlbr. 1928
- Lecanora straminea, Wahlenb. ex Ach.
- Lecanora strobilina, (Spreng.) Kieff. 1895
- Lecanora usneicola, Etayo, 2006
Gallery
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Lecanora cf. muralis lichen on the banks of the Bega canal in Timișoara
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Lecanora from coastal California
References