''Lichinella'' is a
genus
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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 ...
-forming
fungi
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in the family
Lichinaceae
The Lichinaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi. Most species are lichenized with cyanobacteria, and have a distribution largely in temperate regions.
Taxonomy
The family was circumscribed in 1854 by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander. H ...
. 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 1872 by Finnish lichenologist
William Nylander
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.
Five species are accepted by
Species Fungorum
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(in the
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...
).
Species
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Lichinella algerica''
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Lichinella americana''
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Lichinella applanata''
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Lichinella cribellifera''
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Lichinella flexa''
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Lichinella granulosa''
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Lichinella heppii''
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Lichinella hondoana''
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Lichinella inflata''
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Lichinella intermedia''
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Lichinella jodopulchra''
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Lichinella lojkana''
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Lichinella mauritanica''
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Lichinella melamphylla''
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Lichinella minnesotensis''
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Lichinella myriospora''
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Lichinella polyspora''
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Lichinella robusta''
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Lichinella robustoides''
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Lichinella sinaica''
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Lichinella stipatula''
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Lichinella undulata''
References
Lichinomycetes
Lichen genera
Lichinomycetes genera
Taxa named by William Nylander (botanist)
Taxa described in 1873
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