''Staurothele'' 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
saxicolous
This glossary of mycology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to mycology, the study of fungi. Terms in common with other fields, if repeated here, generally focus on their mycology-specific meaning. Related terms can be found ...
(rock-dwelling),
crustose lichen
Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...
s in the family
Verrucariaceae
Verrucariaceae is a family of lichens and a few non-lichenised fungi in the order Verrucariales. The lichens have a wide variety of thallus forms, from crustose (crust-like) to foliose (bushy) and squamulose (scaly). Most of them grow on lan ...
. It has about 40 species.
When the fungus is part of a
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 ...
, the genus of lichen is
commonly called rock pimples.
[Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ]
Species
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Staurothele alboterrestris''
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Staurothele ambrosiana''
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Staurothele arctica''
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Staurothele areolata''
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Staurothele bacilligera''
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Staurothele caesia''
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Staurothele clopima''
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Staurothele dendritica''
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Staurothele desquamescens''
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Staurothele drummondii''
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Staurothele elenkinii''
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Staurothele fissa''
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Staurothele frustulenta''
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Staurothele geoica''
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Staurothele guestphalica''
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Staurothele honghensis''
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Staurothele hymenogonia''
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Staurothele nemorum''
– USA
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Staurothele oxneri''
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Staurothele pulvinata''
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Staurothele rufa''
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Staurothele rugosa''
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Staurothele rugulosa''
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Staurothele rupifraga''
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Staurothele septentrionalis''
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Staurothele succedens''
References
Verrucariales
Eurotiomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1852
Taxa named by Johannes M. Norman
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