The Lecanoraceae are a
family
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of
lichenized fungi in the
order
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Lecanorales
The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species.
Families
* Aphanopsidaceae
* Biatorellaceae
* Briga ...
. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.
Taxonomy
Lecanoraceae was
circumscribed
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Not every po ...
by German lichenologist
Gustav Wilhelm Körber
Gustav Wilhelm Körber (10 January 1817, Hirschberg – 27 January 1885, Breslau) was a German lichenologist.
He studied natural sciences in Breslau and Berlin, obtaining his PhD in 1839 with the thesis ''De gonidiis lichenum''. After graduati ...
in 1855.
Genera
According to a 2017 estimate, Lecanoraceae contains 791 species distributed amongst 25 genera.
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Adelolecia''
– 4 spp.
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Ameliella
''Ameliella'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. Described in 2008, the genus contains two species, ''A. andreaeicola'' and ''A. grisea'', that were collected from high elevations in the Scottish Highlands. ...
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– 2 spp.
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Bryodina''
– 2 spp.
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Bryonora''
– 11 spp.
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Cladidium
''Cladidium'' is a genus of two species of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. ''Cladidium'' was circumscribed
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– 2 spp.
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Claurouxia
''Claurouxia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Claurouxia chalybeioides''.
The genus name of ''Claurouxia'' is in honour of F.J. Georges Clauzade (1914–2 ...
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– 1 sp.
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Clauzadeana''
– 1 sp.
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Edrudia
''Edrudia'' is a fungal genus in the family Lecanoraceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Edrudia constipans'', which is a lichen endemic to the Farallon Islands of California. The genus is named after American botanist ...
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– 1 sp.
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Frutidella
''Frutidella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. It contains three species. The genus was circumscribed in 1994 by Klaus Kalb
Klaus Kalb (born 1942) is a German lichenologist and an authority on tropical lichen ...
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– 3 sp.
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Huea
''Huea'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed by Carroll William Dodge and Gladys Elizabeth Baker
Gladys Elizabeth Baker (July 22, 1908July 7, 2007) was an American mycologist, teacher, and botani ...
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– 25 spp.
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Japewiella''
– 7 spp.
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Lecanora
''Lecanora'' is a genus of lichen commonly called rim lichens.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, Lichens in the genus '' Squamarina'' are also called rim lichens. Members of the genus have roughly ...
'' – 550 spp.
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Lecidella'' – 80 spp.
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Miriquidica
''Miriquidica'' is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 19876 by lichenologists Hannes Hertel and Gerhard Rambold, with ''Miriquidica complanata'' assigned as the type species. ...
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– 25 spp.
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Myriolecis''
– 34 spp.
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Myrionora
''Myrionora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Lecanoraceae.
References
Lecanoraceae
Lecanorales genera
Lichen genera
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– 2 spp.
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Palicella''
– 3 spp.
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Polyozosia'' – 42 spp.
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Protoparmeliopsis
''Protoparmeliopsis'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae. It has about 20 species. The genus was circumscribed by French botanist Maurice Choisy in 1929.
Species
*''Protoparmeliopsis achariana''
*'' Protoparmeliopsis ...
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– 39 spp.
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Psorinia
''Psorinia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Lecanoraceae
The Lecanoraceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.
Taxonomy
Lecanoraceae was circumscribed by German ...
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– 2 spp.
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Pulvinora''
– 2 spp.
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Punctonora''
– 1 sp.
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Pyrrhospora'' – 8 spp.
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Rhizoplaca'' – 11 spp.
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Sagema
''Sagema'' is a fungal genus in the family Lecanoraceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing a single species, the crustose lichen ''Sagema potentillae'', found in Nepal. Both the genus and species were described in 1993 by lichenologists Josef P ...
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– 1 sp.
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Sedelnikovaea''
–4 spp.
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Straminella''
– 6 spp.
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Traponora
''Traponora'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed in 2009 by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot, with the Papua New Guinean '' Traponora asterella'' assigned as the type, and at that time, ...
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– 5 spp.
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Tylothallia
''Tylothallia'' is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It was circumscribed
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– 3 spp.
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Vainionora
''Vainionora'' is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus, which was circumscribed in 1991 by German lichenologist Klaus Kalb, honours the Finnish lichenologist Edvard Vainio
Edvard August Vainio (born Edvard Lang; 5 August ...
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– 10 spp.
References
Lichen families
Lecanoromycetes families
Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber
Taxa described in 1855
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