Candelariella

Candelariella is a genus of bright yellow, ocher, or greenish yellow crustose or squamulose lichens in the family Lecanoraceae.[1] Members of the genus are commonly called eggyolk lichens,[2] goldspeck lichens, or yolk lichens.[3]:249

Candelariella
A herbarium specimen of Candelariella vitellina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Candelariomycetes
Order: Candelariales
Family: Candelariaceae
Genus: Candelariella
Müll.Arg. (1894)
Type species
Candelariella vitellina
(Ehrh.) Müll.Arg. (1894)
Species
  • Candelariella aggregata
  • Candelariella antennaria
  • Candelariella aurella
  • Candelariella biatorina
  • Candelariella blastidiata
  • Candelariella borealis
  • Candelariella californica
  • Candelariella citrina
  • Candelariella clarkii
  • Candelariella complanata
  • Candelariella coralliza
  • Candelariella corallizoides
  • Candelariella corviniscalensis
  • Candelariella deppeanae
  • Candelariella efflorescens
  • Candelariella granuliformis
  • Candelariella kansuensis
  • Candelariella lutella
  • Candelariella medians
  • Candelariella placodizans
  • Candelariella reflexa
  • Candelariella rosulans
  • Candelariella spraguei
  • Candelariella subdeflexa
  • Candelariella terrigena
  • Candelariella vainioana
  • Candelariella vitellina
  • Candelariella xanthostigma
  • Candelariella coralliza
  • Candelariella efflorescens
  • Candelariella reflexa
  • Candelariella vitellina
  • Candelariella xanthostigma
  • Photograph of an ascus from an apothecium of C. vitellina (photographed through a compound microscope, x1000) showing numerous small spores per ascus). Usually 16-32 spores per ascus, measuring 9-15 x 4-6.5 micrometres. Spores commonly contain two round oil drops as seen in this photo

References
  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. Name Search Results for Scientific Name Candelariella, USDA
  3. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2


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