''Baculifera'' 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
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 ...
s in the family
Caliciaceae
The Caliciaceae are a family (taxonomy), family of mostly lichen-forming fungus, fungi belonging to the class (taxonomy), class Lecanoromycetes in the division (mycology), division Ascomycota. Although the family has had its classification chan ...
.
It was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
in 2000 by Bernhard Marbach and
Klaus Kalb
Klaus Kalb (born 1942) is a German lichenologist and an authority on tropical lichens. Born in Nuremberg, he studied at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg before pursuing a career that significantly advanced the field of lichenology, parti ...
. Species in this genus are characterized by having bacilliform
conidia
A conidium ( ; : conidia), sometimes termed an asexual chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (: chlamydoconidia), is an asexual, non- motile spore of a fungus. The word ''conidium'' comes from the Ancient Greek word for dust, ('). They are also ...
typically measuring 8–11
μm
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long, and a non-
hymenium
The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in oth ...
. The genus is roughly similar in
morphology
Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to:
Disciplines
*Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts
*Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, ...
to ''
Buellia
''Buellia'' is a genus of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The fungi are usually part of a crustose lichen. In this case, the lichen species is given the same name as the fungus. But members may also grow as parasites on lic ...
''.
Species
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Baculifera cinereocincta''
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Baculifera confusa''
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Baculifera curtisii''
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Baculifera entochlora''
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Baculifera epifuscescens''
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Baculifera epiviolascens''
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Baculifera imshaugiana''
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Baculifera intermedia''
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Baculifera intermedioides''
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Baculifera longispora
''Baculifera'' is a genus of lichens in the family Caliciaceae. It was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 2000 by Bernhard Marbach and Klaus Kalb. Species in this genus are characterized by having bacilliform conidia typically measuring ...
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Baculifera macromera''
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Baculifera metaphragmia''
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Baculifera metaphragmioides''
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Baculifera micromera''
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Baculifera orosa''
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Baculifera pseudomicromera''
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Baculifera remensa''
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Baculifera tobleri''
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Baculifera xylophila'' }
References
Caliciales
Lichen genera
Caliciales genera
Taxa described in 2000
Taxa named by Klaus Kalb
Taxa named by Bernhard Marbach
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