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Staurothele
Sign in to saveStaurothele is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has about 40 species. When the fungus is part of a lichen, the genus of lichen is commonly called rock pimples.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassEurotiomycetes
- OrderVerrucariales
- FamilyVerrucariaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 682
- With media
- 399
- Family
- Verrucariaceae
- Collections
- ASU, NY, COLO, US, UTEP, WIS
- Recorded in
- United States, Peru, France, Thailand, Australia
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Staurothele is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has about 40 species. When the fungus is part of a lichen, the genus of lichen is commonly called rock pimples.
==Species== Staurothele alboterrestris Staurothele ambrosiana Staurothele arctica Staurothele areolata Staurothele bacilligera Staurothele caesia Staurothele clopima Staurothele dendritica Staurothele desquamescens Staurothele drummondii Staurothele elenkinii Staurothele fissa Staurothele frustulenta Staurothele geoica Staurothele guestphalica Staurothele honghensis Staurothele hymenogonia Staurothele nemorum – USA Staurothele oxneri Staurothele pulvinata Staurothele rufa Staurothele rugosa Staurothele rugulosa Staurothele rupifraga Staurothele septentrionalis Staurothele succedens
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