''Solorina'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of 10 species of

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...

ized fungi in the

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Peltigeraceae The Peltigeraceae are a family of lichens in the order Peltigerales. The Peltigeraceae, which contains 15 genera and about 600 species, has recently (2018) been emended to include the families Lobariaceae and Nephromataceae. Many Peltigeraceae sp ...

. The genus was first described by the Swedish botanist

Erik Acharius Erik Acharius (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology". Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus. Life Ac ...

in 1808. Members of the genus are commonly called socket lichens.Observations in the Genus: Solorina, Ispotnature
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Species

*'' Solorina bispora'' *'' Solorina crocea'' *'' Solorina crocoides'' *'' Solorina embolina'' *'' Solorina fuegiensis'' *'' Solorina octospora'' *'' Solorina platycarpa'' *'' Solorina saccata'' *'' Solorina simensis'' *'' Solorina spongiosa''

References

Peltigeraceae Lichen genera Taxa named by Erik Acharius Peltigerales genera Taxa described in 1808 {{Peltigerales-stub