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Biatoropsis
Sign in to saveBiatoropsis is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Tremellales. It comprises 11 species that parasitise various species in the fruticose lichen genera Usnea and Protousnea.
Species
Beard-lichen parasite
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassTremellomycetes
- OrderTremellales
- FamilyBulleraceae
Observations135
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- Family
- Bulleraceae
- Collections
- UPS, TRH, S
- Recorded in
- Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Norway, Spain, Sweden, China, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tremellaceae
- Image
- Biatoropsis usnearum Räsänen 407230.jpg
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- taxon name
- Biatoropsis
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Biatoropsis usnearum
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- Biatoropsis
- taxon author citation
- Räsänen
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
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Biatoropsis is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Tremellales. It comprises 11 species that parasitise various species in the fruticose lichen genera Usnea and Protousnea.
==Taxonomy==
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