Rinodina
Rinodina | |
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Rinodina disjuncta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Caliciales |
Family: | Physciaceae |
Genus: | Rinodina (Ach.) Gray (1821) |
Type species | |
Rinodina sophodes (1852) (Ach.) A.Massal. | |
Species | |
~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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Synonymy: Rinodina (Ach.) Gray". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 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