Amandinea

Amandinea
Amandinea punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Amandinea
M.Choisy ex Scheid. & M.Mayrhofer (1993)
Type species
Amandinea coniops
(Wahlenb.) M.Choisy ex Scheid. & H.Mayrhofer (1993)

Amandinea is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains an estimated 34 species.[1] Genetic studies indicates that the genus Amandinea and Buellia are the same,[2] although this is not widely accepted.[3]

Species

  • Amandinea augusta
  • Amandinea babingtonii
  • Amandinea coniops
  • Amandinea crassiuscula
  • Amandinea dakotensis
  • Amandinea decedens
  • Amandinea efflorescens
  • Amandinea endochroa
  • Amandinea errata
  • Amandinea extenuata
  • Amandinea incrustans
  • Amandinea insperata
  • Amandinea isabellina
  • Amandinea langloisii
  • Amandinea lecideina
  • Amandinea maritima
  • Amandinea mediospora
  • Amandinea megaspora
  • Amandinea melaxanthella
  • Amandinea microsticta
  • Amandinea milliaria
  • Amandinea myrticola
  • Amandinea petermannii
  • Amandinea punctata
  • Amandinea submontana
  • Amandinea subduplicata
  • Amandinea subplicata
  • Amandinea turgescens
  • Amandinea xylographella

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References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, A. Aptroot, B. J. Coppins, A. Fletcher, O. L. Gilbert, P. W. James and P. A. Wosley (eds.) The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. The British Lichen Society, Natural History Museum Publications, United Kingdom, pp. 142–144
  3. Amandinea punctata in the Joshua Tree National Park (California, U.S.A.) Map collection: Kerry Knudsen, Kocourková Jana; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ecology, Czech Republic; 2012

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