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Collemataceae
Sign in to saveThe Collemataceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the order Peltigerales. The family contains twelve genera and about 325 species. The family has a widespread distribution.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderPeltigerales
- FamilyCollemataceae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 282
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Collemataceae
- Collections
- MEL, SBBG
- Recorded in
- Austria, Norway, Portugal, Australia, Serbia, Romania, Sweden, Japan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Peltigerales
- Image
- Collema cristatum.jpg
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- taxon name
- Collemataceae
- taxon rank
- family
- Commons category
- Collemataceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Collemataceae
- taxon author citation
- Zenker (1827)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Genera
- References
The Collemataceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the order Peltigerales. The family contains twelve genera and about 325 species. The family has a widespread distribution.
==Taxonomy== The family was circumscribed by Jonathan Carl Zenker in 1827; Collema is the type genus.
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