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Lecanographa
Sign in to saveLecanographa is a genus of about 20 species of lichens in the family Lecanographaceae. These lichens typically form thin, extensive crusts that can be chalk-white, grey, or pale green, with dark brown to black reproductive structures that are often covered in a dense frosting () of white, bluish, or greyish crystals. Established as a genus in 1994 by José M. Egea and Pilar Torrente, the lichens are characterized by their partnership with orange-tinged filamentous algae and their production of slender, spindle-shaped spores with multiple cross-walls that are wrapped in a gelatinous outer layer.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lecanographa is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Index Fungorum, fungi and photosynthesis.
It sits within the topics Arthoniomycetes genera, Lecanographaceae and Lichen genera.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassArthoniomycetes
- OrderArthoniales
- FamilyLecanographaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 62
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Lecanographaceae
- Collections
- COLO, FH, WIS, UC, NY, ASU
- Recorded in
- United States, Guatemala, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- References
Lecanographa is a genus of about 20 species of lichens in the family Lecanographaceae. These lichens typically form thin, extensive crusts that can be chalk-white, grey, or pale green, with dark brown to black reproductive structures that are often covered in a dense frosting () of white, bluish, or greyish crystals. Established as a genus in 1994 by José M. Egea and Pilar Torrente, the lichens are characterized by their partnership with orange-tinged filamentous algae and their production of slender, spindle-shaped spores with multiple cross-walls that are wrapped in a gelatinous outer layer.
==Taxonomy==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lecanographa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.