Heterodermia
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![]() Heterodermia speciosa , the white eyelash lichen |
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Heterodermia is a genus of lichen in the Physciaceae family.
description
Heterodermia are almost upright leaf lichens with a bearing diameter of up to 10 centimeters that are fused with the rootstock . Their upper side is pale greenish, whitish or pale grayish, many species are ciliate on the edge. The underside is white, tan brown or orange with pale or dark rhizines .
distribution
The genus Heterodermia has a large distribution area with around 80 species , especially in the tropics , but some species also occur in temperate latitudes. The white eyelash lichen ( Heterodermia speciosa ) rarely occurs in Germany.
Systematics
The genus Heterodermia was established in 1868 by Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon (1818-1897). Synonyms for Heterodermia are Pseudophyscia garbage. Arg. And Chaudhuria Zahlbr. Type species is Heterodermia speciosa ( Wulfen ) Trevis.
species
literature
- Bruno P. Kremer, Hermann Muhle: The colored nature guides: lichens, mosses, ferns. Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1991.
- J. Poelt: Identification key for European lichens. J. Cramer, teaching 1969.
Individual evidence
- ^ TH Lumbsch, SM Huhndorf: Outline of Ascomycota - 2007. In: Myconet , Volume 13, pp. 1-58, December 2007 The Field Museum , Department of Botany, Chicago, USA.
- ^ Heterodermia - Oregon State University
- ^ PM Kirk, PF Cannon, DW Minter, JA Stalpers: Dictionary of the Fungi 10th Ed., CAB International Wallingford, UK 2008. p. 314 ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8
- ↑ Kremer, Muhle: Lichen, Moose, Fern . P. 52