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Thamnolia
Sign in to saveThamnolia is a genus of lichens in the family Icmadophilaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called whiteworm lichens.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderPertusariales
- FamilyIcmadophilaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 78
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Icmadophilaceae
- Collections
- US, TROM, MEL, DUKE, MO, BRY
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Australia, Costa Rica, Bolivia, United States, Papua New Guinea, France, Peru
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Encyclopedic overview
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Thamnolia is a genus of lichens in the family Icmadophilaceae. Members of the genus are commonly called whiteworm lichens.
Two species of Thamnolia are used by ethnic peoples of Yunnan Province (China) as a component of purported health-promoting tea: Thamnolia vermicularis, and T. subuliformis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thamnolia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.