Buellia

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Buellia
Buellia chloroleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Buellia
De Not.
Type species
Buellia disciformis
(Fr.) Mudd

Buellia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 450 species.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

Gallery

  • Photograph of a cross section of an apothecium from B. disciformis taken through a compound microscope (x400), showing numerous brown, 1-septate spores per ascus.

  • Photograph of brown, 1-septate (2-celled) spores from B. disciformis taken through a compound microscope, x1000. (spores measure 27 x 11 micrometres)

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