Allantoparmelia

Allantoparmelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Allantoparmelia
(Vain.) Essl.
Species

A. almquistii
A. alpicola
A. sibirica

Allantoparmelia is a genus of lichenised ascomycetes in the large family Parmeliaceae. It is a genus of only three currently accepted species. All three Allantoparmelia lichens have a foliose growth form.[1] They appear to be a very slow growing group of lichens, with a mean annual thallus diameter increase of only 0.23–0.35 mm per year.[2]

References

  1. ^ Crespo, A., Lumbsch, H.T., Mattsson, J.-E., Blanco, O., Divakar, P.K., Articus, K., Wiklund, E., Bawingan, P.A., Wedin, M. (2007). Testing morphology-based hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships in Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) using three ribosomal markers and the nuclear RPB1 gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 812–824. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17276700t
  2. ^ Hestmark, G., Skogesal, O., Skullerud, Ø. (2004). Growth in the alpine saxicolous lichens Allantoparmelia alpicola and Melanelia stygia. Nova Hedwigia 78: 301–309. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119857277/abstract