Lichina

Lichina is a genus of lichens in the family Lichinaceae.[1] The genus contains seven species.[2] These cyanolichens include maritime species such as L. pygmaea or L. confinis, in which the associated cyanobiont has been assigned to the genus Rivularia. Furthermore, evidence of a high specificity of each mycobiont towards particular cyanobiont lineages in both species has been detected.[3]

Lichina
Lichina pygmaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lichinomycetes
Order: Lichinales
Family: Lichinaceae
Genus: Lichina
C.Agardh (1817)
Type species
Lichina pygmaea
(Lightf.) C.Agardh (1817)

Species

  • Lichina antarctica Cromb. (1876)
  • Lichina confinis (O.F.Müll.) C.Agardh (1821)
  • Lichina intermedia (C.Bab.) M.Schultz (2017)
  • Lichina minutissima Henssen (1973)
  • Lichina pygmaea (Lightf.) C.Agardh (1817)
  • Lichina tasmanica Henssen (1969)
  • Lichina willeyi (Tuck.) Henssen (1969)

References

  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 381. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  3. Ortiz-Álvarez, R.; de Los Ríos, A.; Fernández-Mendoza, F.; Torralba-Burrial, A.; Pérez-Ortega, S. (2015). "Ecological specialization of two photobiont-specific maritime cyanolichen species of the genus Lichina". PLOS One. 10 (7): e0132718. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132718. PMC 4504470. PMID 26181436.


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