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Halecania
Sign in to saveHalecania is a genus of fungi in the family Leprocaulaceae. It has 24 species. These lichens form inconspicuous, crust-like films that spread over rock or other surfaces, with colours ranging from chalky white through bluish-grey to brownish-grey and textures that can be cracked like dried mud, granular, or covered in tiny warts. They reproduce through small, disc-shaped fruiting bodies that contain eight colourless ascospores divided by a single cross-wall, with the spore envelope swelling conspicuously when treated with certain chemicals—a key identifying feature.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderTeloschistales
- FamilyLeprocaulaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 119
- With media
- 52
- Family
- Leprocaulaceae
- Collections
- NY, GAM, KU, FH
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Leprocaulaceae
- Image
- Halecania australis Lumbsch (AM AK221733).jpg
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- taxon name
- Halecania
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- halecania lichen
- taxon author citation
- M. Mayrhofer
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- References
Halecania is a genus of fungi in the family Leprocaulaceae. It has 24 species. These lichens form inconspicuous, crust-like films that spread over rock or other surfaces, with colours ranging from chalky white through bluish-grey to brownish-grey and textures that can be cracked like dried mud, granular, or covered in tiny warts. They reproduce through small, disc-shaped fruiting bodies that contain eight colourless ascospores divided by a single cross-wall, with the spore envelope swelling conspicuously when treated with certain chemicals—a key identifying feature.
==Taxonomy==
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