''Solorina'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of 10 species of lichenized 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 ...

. 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 saccata'', commonly called chocolate chip lichen, is a lichen growing on calcareous rocks, usually in crevices and always in sheltered conditions. It is found from the mediterranean mountains up to the arctic. It differs from other al ...

'' *'' Solorina simensis'' *''

Solorina spongiosa ''Solorina spongiosa'', commonly known as the fringed chocolate chip lichen, is a species of lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. It was first formally described as a new species by the Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius as ''Collema spongiosu ...

References

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