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Alyxoria
Sign in to saveAlyxoria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanographaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. These lichens are often so inconspicuous that they appear as little more than faint cracks or weathered patches on tree bark and rock surfaces, making them easily overlooked in the field. The genus includes about 20 species that reproduce through distinctive elongated slits containing spores, and can also spread asexually through tiny flask-shaped structures that release microscopic propagules.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassArthoniomycetes
- OrderArthoniales
- FamilyLecanographaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 38
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Lecanographaceae
- Collections
- UC, UPS
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Tanzania, Norway, Finland, Tunisia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Alyxoria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanographaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. These lichens are often so inconspicuous that they appear as little more than faint cracks or weathered patches on tree bark and rock surfaces, making them easily overlooked in the field. The genus includes about 20 species that reproduce through distinctive elongated slits containing spores, and can also spread asexually through tiny flask-shaped structures that release microscopic propagules.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alyxoria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.