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''Stereocaulon'' 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. Members of ''Stereocaulon'' are commonly called rock foam lichens.Snow Lichen (Stereocaulon), Encyclopedia of Life
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/ref> partners of ''Stereocaulon'' include
green algae The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...
from the genera ''
Asterochloris ''Asterochloris'' is a genus of green algae in the family Trebouxiophyceae. It is a common in lichen, occurring in the thalli of more than 20 lichen genera worldwide. ''Asterochloris'' is distinguishable from the morphologically similar genus ...
'', '' Chloroidium'', and '' Vulcanochloris''. ''Stereocaulon'' is difficult to ID to species, but there is a high diversity of species within the genus.


Species

*'' Stereocaulon alpinum'' *'' Stereocaulon apocalypticum'' *'' Stereocaulon arcticum'' *'' Stereocaulon arenarium'' *'' Stereocaulon areolatum'' *'' Stereocaulon argus'' *'' Stereocaulon austroshetlandicum'' *'' Stereocaulon botryosum'' *'' Stereocaulon caespitosum'' *'' Stereocaulon capitellatum'' *'' Stereocaulon cephalocrustatum'' *'' Stereocaulon compactum'' *'' Stereocaulon condensatum'' *'' Stereocaulon corticatulum'' *'' Stereocaulon cumulatum'' *'' Stereocaulon cymosum'' *'' Stereocaulon dactylophyllum'' *'' Stereocaulon delisei'' *'' Stereocaulon depressum'' *'' Stereocaulon evolutum'' *'' Stereocaulon exalbidum'' *'' Stereocaulon exutum'' *'' Stereocaulon fecundum'' *'' Stereocaulon glareosum'' *'' Stereocaulon grande'' *'' Stereocaulon gregarium'' *'' Stereocaulon groenlandicum'' *'' Stereocaulon heardii'' *'' Stereocaulon hypothallinum'' *'' Stereocaulon incrustatum'' *'' Stereocaulon intermedium'' *'' Stereocaulon kangdingense'' *'' Stereocaulon klondikense'' *'' Stereocaulon leucophaeopsis'' *'' Stereocaulon magellanicum'' *'' Stereocaulon myriocarpum'' *'' Stereocaulon nanodes'' *'' Stereocaulon nivale'' *'' Stereocaulon oregonense'' *'' Stereocaulon paschale'' *'' Stereocaulon pileatum'' *'' Stereocaulon plicatile'' *'' Stereocaulon ramulosum'' *'' Stereocaulon rivulorum'' *'' Stereocaulon saxatile'' *'' Stereocaulon sorediiphyllum'' *'' Stereocaulon soufrieranum'' *'' Stereocaulon spathuliferum'' *'' Stereocaulon subcoralloides'' *'' Stereocaulon symphycheilum'' *'' Stereocaulon tomentosum'' *'' Stereocaulon tornense'' *'' Stereocaulon trachyphloeum'' *'' Stereocaulon vesuvianum''


References

Lecanorales genera Stereocaulaceae Lichen genera Taxa described in 1796 Taxa named by Georg Franz Hoffmann {{Lecanorales-stub