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Rinodina
Sign in to saveRinodina is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 265 species. It is hypothesized that a few saxicolous species common to dry regions of western North America, southern Europe, North Africa and central Asia may date back 240 million years to the Middle Triassic.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderCaliciales
- FamilyPhysciaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,463
- With media
- 1,653
- Family
- Physciaceae
- Collections
- MOR, UCONN, UFRGS, COLO, US, UTEP
- Recorded in
- United States, France, Brasil, Australia, Indonesia, Kenya
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Physciaceae
- Image
- Rinodina disjuncta 47177.jpg
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- taxon name
- Rinodina
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Schotelkorst
- Commons category
- Rinodina
- taxon author citation
- (Ach.) Gray
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Rinodina is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 265 species. It is hypothesized that a few saxicolous species common to dry regions of western North America, southern Europe, North Africa and central Asia may date back 240 million years to the Middle Triassic.
==See also== List of Rinodina species.
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