Staurothele

Staurothele
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Subclass: Chaetothyriomycetidae
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Staurothele
Norman
Type species
Staurothele clopima
(Wahlenb.) Th. Fr.
Species
  • Staurothele arctica
  • Staurothele areolata
  • Staurothele bacilligera
  • Staurothele caesia
  • Staurothele clopima
  • Staurothele fissa
  • Staurothele frustulenta
  • Staurothele geoica
  • Staurothele guestphalica
  • Staurothele hymenogonia
  • Staurothele pallidipora
  • Staurothele rufa
  • Staurothele rugulosa
  • Staurothele rupifraga
  • Staurothele succedens

Staurothele is a genus of fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.[1] When the fungus is part of a lichen, the genus of lichen is commonly called rock pimples.[2]:352

References

  1. ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  2. ↑ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2


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