Specimen image via iDigBio · CC0
Biatora
Sign in to saveBiatora is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. Originally circumscribed in 1817, the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyRamalinaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,007
- With media
- 957
- Family
- Ramalinaceae
- Collections
- US, FH, DUKE, YPM, NY, VT
- Recorded in
- United States, Guyana, Austria, Mexico
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- References
Biatora is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. Originally circumscribed in 1817, the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biatora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.