Biology:Flavocetraria

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Short description: Genus of lichens

Flavocetraria
Flavocetraria cucullata 96870.jpg
Flavocetraria cucullata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Flavocetraria
Kärnefelt & A.Thell (1994)
Type species
Flavocetraria cucullata
(Bellardi) Kärnefelt & A.Thell (1994)
Species

F. cucullata
F. nivalis

Flavocetraria is a genus of lichenized ascomycete fungi in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] The genus contains two species found in arctic-alpine and boreal regions, Flavocetraria cucullata and F. nivalis (syn. Cetraria nivalis).[2][3]

References

  1. "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. December 2007. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. 2008. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk. 
  3. Bjerke, J.W.; Elvebakk, A. (2004). "Distribution of the lichen genus Flavocetraria (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) in the Southern Hemisphere". New Zealand Journal of Botany 42 (4): 647–656. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2004.9512916. 

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