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Catolechia
Sign in to saveCatolechia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Rhizocarpaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Catolechia wahlenbergii. The genus was circumscribed by the German botanist Julius von Flotow in 1850. He did not assign a type species for the genus; Catolechia pulchella was designated as the type by Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855. This species is synonymous with Catolechia wahlenbergii.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Catolechia, and connects out to fungi, Index Fungorum and Julius von Flotow.
Vinony files it under Lichen genera, Lichens of the Indian subcontinent and Monotypic Lecanoromycetes genera.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderRhizocarpales
- FamilyRhizocarpaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 49
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Rhizocarpaceae
- Collections
- TROM, TRH, ASU
- Recorded in
- Norway, Finland, United States
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- taxon name
- Catolechia
- taxon common name
- catolechia lichen
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- Catolechia
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- Flot.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Habitat and distribution
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Catolechia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Rhizocarpaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Catolechia wahlenbergii. The genus was circumscribed by the German botanist Julius von Flotow in 1850. He did not assign a type species for the genus; Catolechia pulchella was designated as the type by Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855. This species is synonymous with Catolechia wahlenbergii.
Several species that were originally described as a member of Catolechia have since been transferred to other genera. Examples include: Catolechia flavovirescens = Arthrorhaphis citrinella Catolechia glomerulans = Monerolechia glomerulans Catolechia lactea = Buellia lactea Catolechia marginulata = Buellia marginulata Catolechia moriopsis = Orphniospora moriopsis Catolechia pyxinoides = Pyxine pyxinoides Catolechia subcoronata = Buellia subcoronata Catolechia tenuis = Dimelaena tenuis Catolechia wahlenbergii ß alpina = Bellemerea alpina
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catolechia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.