Squamarina
| Squamarina | |
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| Squamarina sp. growing in Warscheneck, Upper Austria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Stereocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Squamarina Poelt (1958) |
| Type species | |
| Squamarina gypsacea | |
| Species | |
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S. cartilaginea | |
Squamarina is a genus of lichens in the family Stereocaulaceae.[1] They form patches of radiating lobes or overlapping scales (squamules), with a well-developed upper cortex and no lower cortex.[2] They grow on calcareous soil and rocks.[2] Squamarina lentigera can be used to make a yellow dye.[3]
Genus Squamarina was circumscribed by the lichenologist Josef Poelt in 1958, with Squamarina gypsacea assigned as the type species.[4]
Species
As of November 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept five species of Squamarina:
- Squamarina cartilaginea (With.) P.James (1980)[5]
- Squamarina gypsacea (Sm.) Poelt (1958)
- Squamarina haysomii C.W.Dodge 1970)[6]
- Squamarina lentigera (Weber) Poelt (1958)
- Squamarina palmyrensis (H.Magn.) S.Y.Kondr. (2002)
References
- ^ "Squamarina". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ a b 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". The Lichenologist. 20 (3): 279–290. doi:10.1017/s0024282988000313.
- ^ Poelt, J. (1958). "Die lobaten Arten der Flechtengattung Lecanora Ach. sensu ampl. in der Holarktis" [The lobed species of the lichen genus Lecanora Ach. sensu ampl. in the Holarctic]. Mitteilungen aus der Botanischen Staatssammlung München (in German). 19–20: 411–589.
- ^ Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W.; Coppins, B.J. (1980). "Checklist of British lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi". The Lichenologist. 12 (1): 1–115 [107]. doi:10.1017/s0024282980000035.
- ^ Dodge, C.W. (1970). "Lichenological notes on the flora of the Antarctic Continent and the Subantarctic islands. IX–XI". Nova Hedwigia. 19 (3–4): 439–502 [447].