Lepraria
Lepraria is a genus of leprose crustose lichens that grows on its substrate like patches of granular, caked up, mealy dust grains.[2][3] Members of the genus are commonly called dust lichens.[3]:305[4][5] The main vegetative body (thallus) is made of patches of soredia (little balls of algae wrapped in fungus).[3] There are no known mechanisms for sexual reproduction, yet members of the genus continue to speciate.[2][3] Some species can form marginal lobes and appear squamulose.[3]
| Lepraria | |
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| Lepraria lobificans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Stereocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Lepraria Ach. (1803) |
| Type species | |
| Lepraria incana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
It is in the family Stereocaulaceae.[6]
Species
- Lepraria achariana
- Lepraria adhaerens
- Lepraria alpina
- Lepraria atlantica
- Lepraria atrotomentosa
- Lepraria aurescens
- Lepraria bergensis
- Lepraria borealis
- Lepraria brasiliensis
- Lepraria cacuminum
- Lepraria caesiella
- Lepraria caesioalba
- Lepraria celata
- Lepraria coriensis
- Lepraria crassissima
- Lepraria cupressicola
- Lepraria dibenzofuranica
- Lepraria diffusa
- Lepraria eburnea
- Lepraria ecorticata
- Lepraria elobata
- Lepraria friabilis
- Lepraria gelida
- Lepraria goughensis
- Lepraria granulata
- Lepraria humida
- Lepraria impossibilis
- Lepraria incana
- Lepraria isidiata
- Lepraria jackii
- Lepraria lanata
- Lepraria larrainiana
- Lepraria lecanorica
- Lepraria leprolomopsis
- Lepraria leuckertiana
- Lepraria lobata
- Lepraria lobificans
- Lepraria malouina
- Lepraria membranacea
- Lepraria methylbarbatica
- Lepraria multiacida
- Lepraria neojackii
- Lepraria nivalis
- Lepraria normandinoides
- Lepraria nothofagi
- Lepraria nylanderiana
- Lepraria obtusatica
- Lepraria pacifica
- Lepraria pallida
- Lepraria pulchra
- Lepraria rigidula
- Lepraria salazinica
- Lepraria santamonicae
- Lepraria santosii
- Lepraria sekikaica
- Lepraria sipmaniana
- Lepraria squamatica
- Lepraria stephaniana
- Lepraria straminea
- Lepraria sylvicola
- Lepraria texta
- Lepraria toensbergiana
- Lepraria toilenae
- Lepraria torii
- Lepraria umbricola
- Lepraria usnica
- Lepraria vouauxii
- Lepraria xerophila
- Lepraria yunnaniana
- Lepraria zeorinica
Gallery
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Lepraria lobificans (yellow KOH spot test)
References
- "Synonymy: Lepraria Ach". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Lepraria s.l. that produce divaricatic acid, with notes on the type species of the genus L. incana, James C. Lendemer , Mycologia 103(6): 1216-1229,
- Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- Dust Lichen (Lepraria), Encyclopedia of Life
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
- Sharnoff S, Brodo IM, Sharnoff SD (2001). Lichens of North America. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08249-5.
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