Lobaria
Sign in to saveLobaria is a genus of foliose lichens, formerly classified in the family Lobariaceae, but now placed in the Peltigeraceae. They are commonly known as "lung wort" or "lungmoss" as their physical shape somewhat resembles a lung, and their ecological niche is similar to that of moss.
Species
Genus
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderPeltigerales
- FamilyLobariaceae
Лоба́рия (лат. Lobaria) — род лихенизированных аскомицетов, входящий в семейство Лобариевые (Lobariaceae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,546
- With media
- 667
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Collections
- UCMP, US, UAM, UTEP, UFRGS, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Brasil, Spain, Chinese Taipei
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lobariaceae
- Image
- Lobaria pulmonaria 010108c.jpg
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- Lobaria
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Lobaria
- topic's main category
- Category:Lobaria
- taxonomic type
- Lobaria pulmonaria
- taxon common name
- lung lichen
- taxon author citation
- (Schreb.) Hoffm.
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Lobaria is a genus of foliose lichens, formerly classified in the family Lobariaceae, but now placed in the Peltigeraceae. They are commonly known as "lung wort" or "lungmoss" as their physical shape somewhat resembles a lung, and their ecological niche is similar to that of moss.
Lobaria are unusual in that they have a three-part symbiosis, containing a fungus, and an alga (as other lichens do), but also a cyanobacterium that fixes nitrogen.
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