Squamarina
| Squamarina | |
|---|---|
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| Squamarina sp. growing in Warscheneck, Upper Austria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Stereocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Squamarina Poelt (1958) |
| Type species | |
| Squamarina gypsacea | |
| Species | |
Squamarina is a genus of lichens in the family Stereocaulaceae,[1] although it has recently been suggested that it may belong in the family Ramalinaceae.[2] They form patches of radiating lobes or overlapping scales, with a well-developed upper cortex and no lower cortex.[3] They grow on calcareous soil and rocks.[3] Squamarina lentigera can be used to make a yellow dye.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Lumbsch, H. T. and S.M. Huhndorf (ed.) 2007. Outline of Ascomycota – 2007. Myconet 13: 1 - 58.[1]
- ^ Ekman, Stefan, Heidi L. Andersen, and Mats Wedin. 2008. The limitations of ancestral state reconstruction and the evolution of the ascus in the Lecanorales (lichenized Ascomycota). Systematic Biology 57(1): 141–156.
- ^ a b Sharnoff S, Brodo IM, Sharnoff SD (2001). Lichens of North America. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08249-5.
- ^ Brough, S. G. (1988). "Navajo lichen dyes". The Lichenologist. 20 (3): 279–290. doi:10.1017/s0024282988000313. S2CID 85799639.
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