Squamarina
Squamarina is a genus of lichens currently placed in the family Stereocaulaceae,[1] although it has recently been suggested that it may belong in the family Ramalinaceae.[2] The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 28 species.[3] They form patches of radiating lobes or overlapping scales, with a well-developed upper cortex and no lower cortex.[4] They grow on calcareous soil and rocks.[4] Squamarina lentigera can be used to make a yellow dye.[5]
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| Squamarina sp. growing in Warscheneck, Upper Austria. | |
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| Genus: | Squamarina Poelt |
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| Squamarina gypsacea (Sm.) Poelt | |
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References
- Lumbsch, H. T. and S.M. Huhndorf (ed.) 2007. Outline of Ascomycota – 2007. Myconet 13: 1 - 58.
- Ekman, Stefan, Heidi L. Andersen, and Mats Wedin. 2008. The limitations of ancestral state reconstruction and the evolution of the ascus in the Lecanorales (lichenized Ascomycota). Systematic Biology 57(1): 141–156.
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 659. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Sharnoff S, Brodo IM, Sharnoff SD (2001). Lichens of North America. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08249-5.
- Brough, S. G. 1988. Navajo lichen dyes. Lichenologist 20(3): 279–290.
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