Alectoria (fungus)

Alectoria
Alectoria sarmentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae
Order: Lecanorales
Suborder: Lecanorineae
Genus: Alectoria
Ach.
Type species
Alectoria sarmentosa
(Ach.) Ach.
Species

North American species:
A. fallacina
A. imshaugii
A. lata
A. ochroleuca
A. sarmentosa
A. vancouverensis

Alectoria is a genus of lichen belonging to the suborder Lecanorineae.[1]

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References

  1. C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5

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