Biatora

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Biatora
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Soralia of Biatora printzenii , magnified 30X
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Biatora
Fr. (1817)
Type species
Biatora vernalis
(L.) Fr. (1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • IvanpisutiaS.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2015)

Biatora is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817, [2] the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores. [3] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains 42 species that are widely distributed in temperate areas. [4]

Species

Biatora chrysantha - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
Biatora chrysantha
Biatora pontica - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
Biatora pontica

The taxon Biatora marmorea, found in Alaska, was proposed as a new species in 2020; [7] however, it is an illegitimate name as it had already been used for a species that is now known as Bagliettoa marmorea . [8]

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References

  1. "Synonymy: Biatora Fr., Lichenum Dianome Nova: 7 (1817)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. Fries EM, Sandberg A. (1817). Lichenum dianome nova. Lund.
  3. Printzen, C.; Tønsberg, T. (1999). "The lichen genus Biatora in northwestern North America". The Bryologist. 102 (4): 692–713. doi:10.2307/3244256. JSTOR   3244256.
  4. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 86. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  5. Tønsberg, Tor (2002). "Additions to the Lichen Flora of North America XI". The Bryologist. 105 (1): 122–125. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2002)105[0122:ATTLFO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   85148519.
  6. Printzen, Christian (1995). Die Flechtengattung Biatora in Europa[The lichen genus Biatora in Europe]. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 60. Berlin/Stuttgart: J. Cramer. p. 137. ISBN   978-3-443-58039-1.
  7. Spribille, Toby; Fryday, Alan M.; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Svensson, Måns; Tønsberg, Tor; Ekman, Stefan; Holien, Håkon; Resl, Philipp; Schneider, Kevin; Stabentheiner, Edith; Thüs, Holger; Vondrák, Jan; Sharman, Lewis (2020). "Lichens and associated fungi from Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska". The Lichenologist. 52 (2): 61–181. doi: 10.1017/S0024282920000079 . hdl: 10261/232567 . PMC   7398404 . PMID   32788812.
  8. "Record Details: Biatora marmorea T. Sprib., in Spribille, Fryday, Pérez-Ortega, Svensson, Tønsberg, Ekman, Holien, Resl, Schneider, Stabentheiner, Thüs, Vondrák & Sharman, Lichenologist52(2): 89 (2020)". Index Fungorum . Retrieved 28 February 2022.