Biology:Candelaria (lichen)

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Short description: Genus of lichens

Candelaria
Candelaria pacifica.jpeg
Candelaria pacifica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Candelariomycetes
Order: Candelariales
Family: Candelariaceae
Genus: Candelaria
A.Massal. (1852)
Type species
Candelaria concolor
(Dicks.) Stein (1879)
Species

C. asiatica
C. concolor
C. crawfordii
C. pacifica

Synonyms[1]
  • Placodium sect. Candelaria (A.Massal.) Branth & Rostr. (1869)
  • Xanthoria sect. Candelaria (A.Massal.) Th.Fr. (1871)
  • Lecanora sect. Candelaria (A.Massal.) Cromb. (1894)

Candelaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Candelariaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852.[3]

Species

(As of June 2023), Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Candelaria:[4]

References

  1. "Candelaria". MycoBank. https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/94070. 
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. 
  3. Massalongo, A. (1852). "Synopsis lichenum blasteniosporum" (in la). Flora (Regensburg) 35: 561–576. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40337876. 
  4. "Candelaria". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3GRW. 
  5. Liu, D.; Hur, J.S. (2018). "Candelaria asiatica, an ignored new species from South Korea". Mycobiology 46 (4): 305–310. doi:10.1080/12298093.2018.1538070. PMID 30637138. 
  6. Westberg, M.; Arup, U. (2011). "Candelaria pacifica sp. nova (Ascomycota, Candelariales) and the identity of Candelaria vulgaris". Bibliotheca Lichenologica 106: 353–364. 

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