Lichina

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Lichina

Genus of lichens in the family Lichinaceae

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]

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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. [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. hdl:11336/151990.
  2. [2]
    Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. [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. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1032718O. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132718. PMC 4504470. PMID 26181436.


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