Parmotrema

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Parmotrema
Parmotrema hypotropum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Parmotrema
A.Massal.
(1860)
Type species
Wulfen
) A.Massal. (1860)
Synonyms
  • Canomaculina Elix & Hale (1987)
  • Concamerella
    C.F.Culb.
    (1981)
  • Parmelaria D.D.Awasthi (1987)
  • Rimelia Hale & A.Fletcher (1990)
  • Rimeliella
    Kurok.
    (1991)

Parmotrema is a

Pacific Islands.[3]

Members of the genus are commonly called ruffle lichens or scatter-rag lichens.[4]: 83 

Description

Parmotrema is characterized by its typically large, moderately to loosely-attached

Ascospores are thick-walled and ellipsoid.[5]

Taxonomy

The genus was proposed as a genus by Italian lichenologist

molecular phylogenetic evidence, including Canomaculina, Concamerella, Parmelaria, and Rimelia.[3][9]

Uses

Some species of Parmotrema can be used as a vegetable dye, such as P. crinitum. When mixed with pine sap or with water, or when first burnt to ash, lichens can provide a variety of colors such as yellow, brown, green, orange, purple, and red.[10]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
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  4. ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  5. ^ Kurokawa, Syo; Lai, Ming-Jou (2001). "Parmelioid lichen genera and species in Taiwan". Mycotaxon. 77: 225–284.
  6. ^ Massalongo AB. (1860). "Esame comparativo di alcune genere di licheni". Atti dell'Istituto Veneto Scienze. 3 (in Italian). 5: 247–276.
  7. doi:10.1590/S2236-89062009000400002
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  8. ^ Hale, Mason E. (1974). "New combinations in the lichen genus Parmotrema Massalongo". Phytologia. 28 (4): 334–339.
  9. doi:10.1002/tax.596008
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  10. ^ Lichens - US Forest Service
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