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Miriquidica
Sign in to saveMiriquidica is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1987 by the lichenologists Hannes Hertel and Gerhard Rambold, with Miriquidica complanata assigned as the type species. According to Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains 23 species, found predominantly in arctic-alpine regions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyLecanoraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 147
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Lecanoraceae
- Collections
- MIN, ASU, F, UC, O, CMN
- Recorded in
- United States, China, Mexico, Russia, Sweden, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lecanoraceae
- Image
- Miriquidica deusta-2.jpg
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- taxon name
- Miriquidica
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Miriquidica complanata
- taxon common name
- miriquidica lichen
- Commons category
- Miriquidica
- taxon author citation
- Hertel & Rambold
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Encyclopedic overview
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Miriquidica is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1987 by the lichenologists Hannes Hertel and Gerhard Rambold, with Miriquidica complanata assigned as the type species. According to Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains 23 species, found predominantly in arctic-alpine regions.
==Species== Miriquidica aeneovirens Miriquidica atrofulva Miriquidica complanata Miriquidica deusta Miriquidica effigurata – New Zealand Miriquidica garovaglii Miriquidica griseoatra Miriquidica gyrizans – Alaska Miriquidica intrudens Miriquidica invadens Miriquidica leucophaea Miriquidica lulensis Miriquidica majae – Northern Europe Miriquidica nigroleprosa Miriquidica paanaensis Miriquidica pycnocarpa Miriquidica scotopholis Miriquidica squamulosa – New Zealand Miriquidica stellata – New Zealand Miriquidica subplumbea Miriquidica verrucariicola Miriquidica yunnanensis – China
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