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 | |
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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. 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.
See also
References
- "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
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