| Candelaria | |
|---|---|
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| Candelaria pacifica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Candelariomycetes |
| Order: | Candelariales |
| Family: | Candelariaceae |
| Genus: | Candelaria A.Massal. (1852) |
| Type species | |
| Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Stein (1879) | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
Candelaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Candelariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852.
Species
As of June 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Candelaria:
- Candelaria asiatica D.Liu & J.S.Hur (2018) – South Korea
- Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Arnold (1879)
- Candelaria crawfordii (Müll.Arg.) P.M.Jørg. & D.J.Galloway (1992)
- Candelaria pacifica M.Westb. & Arup (2011) – Europe; North America; South America
References
- "Candelaria". MycoBank. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; 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:10481/61998.
- Massalongo, A. (1852). "Synopsis lichenum blasteniosporum". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 35: 561–576.
- "Candelaria". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- Liu, D.; Hur, J.S. (2018). "Candelaria asiatica, an ignored new species from South Korea". Mycobiology. 46 (4): 305–310. doi:10.1080/12298093.2018.1538070. PMC 6319464. PMID 30637138.
- Westberg, M.; Arup, U. (2011). "Candelaria pacifica sp. nova (Ascomycota, Candelariales) and the identity of Candelaria vulgaris". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 106: 353–364.
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