Biology:Rinodina
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Short description: Genus of lichens
| Rinodina | |
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| Rinodina disjuncta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Physciaceae |
| Genus: | Rinodina (Ach.) Gray (1821) |
| Type species | |
| Rinodina sophodes (1852) (Ach.) A.Massal.
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| Species | |
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~265 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rinodina is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 265 species.[2] It is hypothesized that a few saxicolous species common to dry regions of western North America, southern Europe, North Africa and central Asia may date back 240 million years to the Middle Triassic.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Synonymy: Rinodina (Ach.) Gray". Index Fungorum. CAB International. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=4759.
- ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 604. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ↑ Sheard, JW. 2010. The Lichen Genus Rinodina (Ach.) Gray (Lecanorales, Physciaceae) in North America, north of Mexico. NRC Research Press, Ottawa. ISBN 978-0-660-19941-2
Wikidata ☰ Q3737323 entry
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