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Genus of lichen

Parvoplaca
Caloplaca tiroliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Teloschistaceae
Genus: Parvoplaca
Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
Type species
Parvoplaca tiroliensis
(Zahlbr.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
Species

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Parvoplaca is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulrik Søchting, Patrik Frödén, and Ulf Arup.

Species

Description

Parvoplaca is a genus of crustose lichens with small, usually yellow or blackened apothecia. The spores are polar-diblastic with a septum. No pycnidia are seen.

Distribution and habitat

Parvoplaca is mainly distributed in polar regions but also in the boreal zone and the Mediterranean.

Species of Parvoplaca generally grow on moss or detritus but are also found growing on bark.

References

  1. ^ Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Frödén, Patrik (2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 16–83. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00062.x.
  2. ^ Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Halıcı, Mehmet Gökhan (2023). "Four new species of Parvoplaca (Teloschistales, Ascomycota)". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 68 (2): 294–303. doi:10.35535/pfsyst-2023-0014.
  3. Arup, Ulf; Vondrák, Jan; Halıcı, Mehmet Gökhan (2015). "Parvoplaca nigroblastidiata, a new corticolous lichen (Teloschistaceae) in Europe, Turkey and Alaska". The Lichenologist. 47 (6): 379–385. doi:10.1017/s0024282915000389.
Taxon identifiers
Parvoplaca


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