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Buellia
Sign in to saveBuellia is a genus of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The fungi are usually part of a crustose lichen. In this case, the lichen species is given the same name as the fungus. But members may also grow as parasites on lichens (lichenicolous). The algae in the lichen (the photobiont partner) is always a member of the genus Trebouxia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderCaliciales
- FamilyCaliciaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6,663
- With media
- 3,543
- Family
- Caliciaceae
- Collections
- LSU, COLO, ASU, UTEP, US, USU
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa, Peru, Spain, Australia, MéXico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Physciaceae
- Image
- Buellia chloroleuca 19318.jpg
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- taxonomic type
- Buellia disciformis
- Commons category
- Buellia
- taxon name
- Buellia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Buellia
- taxon common name
- Буеллия
- taxon author citation
- De Not.
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Buellia is a genus of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The fungi are usually part of a crustose lichen. In this case, the lichen species is given the same name as the fungus. But members may also grow as parasites on lichens (lichenicolous). The algae in the lichen (the photobiont partner) is always a member of the genus Trebouxia.
Lichens in the genus are commonly called disc lichens, or button lichens. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains almost 1000 species.
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