Lecanora
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Lecanora | |
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Lecanora muralis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Subclass: | Lecanoromycetidae |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Suborder: | Lecanorineae |
Genus: | Lecanora Ach. |
Type species | |
Lecanora subfusca (L.) Ach. | |
Species | |
Lecanora conizaeoides[1] | |
Lecanora is a genus of lichen belonging to the suborder Lecanorineae.[2]
Historical Mention
Lecanora tartarea was probably the Viking dye-moss (Old Norse: lit-mosi from litr "dye" + mosi "moss") from which the English word litmus derives because it is commonly found in Norway and Sweden.[3]
Gallery
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Lecanora cf. muralis lichen on the banks of the Bega canal in Timisoara
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Phillips, Roger (1980). Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-25959-8.
- ↑ C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5
- ↑ The Widgets Dictionary Application and Other Wikipedia Articles
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