Biatora
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| Biatora | |
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| Soralia of Biatora printzenii, magnified 30X | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Biatora Fr. |
| Type species | |
| Biatora vernalis (L.) Fr. | |
Biatora is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[1] First described in 1817,[2] the genus consists of crustose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores.[3] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains 42 species that are widely distributed in temperate areas.[4]
References
- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58.
- ↑ Fries EM, Sandberg A. (1817). Lichenum dianome nova. Lund.
- ↑ Printzen C, Tønsberg T. (1999). The lichen genus Biatora in northwestern North America. The Bryologist 102(4): 692–713.
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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