Cornicularia

Cornicularia
Cornicularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Cornicularia
(Schreb.) Ach.
Type species
Cornicularia normoerica
(Gunnerus) Du Rietz 1926

Cornicularia is a genus of lichenised ascomycetes in the large family Parmeliaceae. It is a monotypic genus, with only one currently accepted species: Cornicularia normoerica.[1] This species has an erect caespitose growth form, and is sometimes referred to as the brittle lichen.

References

  1. ^ Crespo, A., Lumbsch, H.T., Mattsson, J.-E., Blanco, O., Divakar, P.K., Articus, K., Wiklund, E., Bawingan, P.A., Wedin, M. (2007). Testing morphology-based hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships in Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) using three ribosomal markers and the nuclear RPB1 gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 812–824. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17276700t

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