''Squamulea'' 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
Teloschistaceae
The Teloschistaceae are a large family (biology), family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class (taxonomy), class Lecanoromycetes in the division (botany), division Ascomycota. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, althoug ...
.
It has 15 species. The genus 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 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''
Squamulea subsoluta'' assigned as the
type species
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. Five species were included in the original account of the genus. The genus name alludes to the
squamulose
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growth form of most of its species. ''Squamulea'' has a worldwide distribution; when the genus was originally created, the centre of distribution was thought to be in southwestern North America.
Species
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Squamulea chelonia''
–
Galapagos Islands
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Squamulea coreana''
– South Korea
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Squamulea evolutior''
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Squamulea flakusii''
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Squamulea galactophylla''
*''
Squamulea humboldtiana''
– Galapagos Islands
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Squamulea loekoesiana''
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Squamulea micromera''
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Squamulea nesodes''
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Squamulea oceanica''
– Galapagos Islands
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Squamulea osseophila''
– Galapagos Islands
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Squamulea parviloba''
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Squamulea phyllidizans''
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Squamulea squamosa''
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Squamulea subsoluta''
*''
Squamulea uttarkashiana''
–
Uttarakhand
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One of the original lichens placed in this genus, ''Squamulea kiamae'', has since been transferred to genus ''
Filsoniana''.
References
Teloschistales
Taxa described in 2013
Teloschistales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Ulrik Søchting
Taxa named by Patrik Frödén
Taxa named by Ulf Arup
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