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Allantoparmelia
Sign in to saveAllantoparmelia is a genus of lichenised fungi in the large family Parmeliaceae. It is a genus of only three currently accepted species. All three Allantoparmelia lichens have a foliose growth form. They appear to be a very slow growing group of lichens, with a mean annual thallus diameter increase of only 0.23–0.35 mm per year.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyParmeliaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Collections
- US, MICH, ALA, TLE, S, WWB
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Russian Federation, Russia, Asian
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Parmeliaceae
- Image
- Allantoparmelia alpicola.jpg
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- taxon name
- Allantoparmelia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Allantoparmelia alpicola
- taxon common name
- allantoparmelia lichen
- Commons category
- Allantoparmelia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Allantoparmelia is a genus of lichenised fungi in the large family Parmeliaceae. It is a genus of only three currently accepted species. All three Allantoparmelia lichens have a foliose growth form. They appear to be a very slow growing group of lichens, with a mean annual thallus diameter increase of only 0.23–0.35 mm per year.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allantoparmelia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.