Buellia

Buellia
Buellia chloroleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Buellia
De Not.
Type species
Buellia disciformis
(Fr.) Mudd

Buellia is a genus of fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The fungi are usually part of a crustose lichen.[1] In this case, the lichen species is given the same name as the fungus. But members may also grow as parasites on lichens (lichenicolous).[1] The algae in the lichen is always a member of the genus Trebouxia.[1]

Lichens in the genus are commonly called disc lichens,[2] or button lichens.[3]:229 The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 450 species.[4]

Genetic studies indicates that the genus Amandinea and Buellia may be the same,[5] although this is not widely accepted.[6]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 Disc Lichen (Buellia), US Department of Agriculture
  2. ↑ Results for Scientific Name Buellia, USDA
  3. ↑ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  4. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  5. ↑ Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, A. Aptroot, B. J. Coppins, A. Fletcher, O. L. Gilbert, P. W. James and P. A. Wosley (eds.) The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. The British Lichen Society, Natural History Museum Publications, United Kingdom, pp. 142–144
  6. ↑ Amandinea punctata in the Joshua Tree National Park (California, U.S.A.) Map collection: Kerry Knudsen, Kocourková Jana; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ecology, Czech Republic; 2012
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