Rinodina

Rinodina
Rinodina disjuncta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Physciaceae
Genus: Rinodina
(Ach.) Gray
Type species
Rinodina sophodes
(Ach.) A. Massal.

Rinodina is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae.[1] The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 265 species.[2] It is hypothesized that a few saxicolous species common to dry regions of western North America, southern Europe, North Africa and central Asia may date back 240 million years to the Middle Triassic.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 604. ISBN 9780851998268. 
  3. ^ Sheard, JW. 2010. The Lichen Genus Rinodina (Ach.) Gray (Lecanorales, Physciaceae) in North America, north of Mexico. NRC Research Press, Ottawa. ISBN 9780660199412 http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/books/books/9780660199412.html

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