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Parmeliaceae
Sign in to saveThe Parmeliaceae is a large and diverse family of Lecanoromycetes. With over 2700 species in 71 genera, it is the largest family of lichen-forming fungi. The most speciose genera in the family are the well-known groups: Xanthoparmelia (822 species), Usnea (355 species), Parmotrema (255 species), and Hypotrachyna (262 species).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyParmeliaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,317
- With media
- 832
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Collections
- NCU, US
- Recorded in
- France, Canada, United States, South Africa, Australia
Research
393 papers- The sister group relation of parmeliaceae (Lecanorales, Ascomycota).Mycologia · 2007
- A New Cryptic Lineage in Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) with Pharmacological Properties.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
- Three new diphenyl ethers from the lichen Parmotrema praesorediosum (Nyl.) Hale (Parmeliaceae).Natural product research · 2022
- Reference-Based RADseq Unravels the Evolutionary History of Polar Species in 'the Crux Lichenologorum' Genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota).Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- Antibacterial activity of the lichens Usnea Florida and Flavoparmelia caperata (Parmeliaceae).Natural product research · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lecanorales
- Image
- Cetraria nivalis.jpg
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- Commons category
- Parmeliaceae
- taxon name
- Parmeliaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Parmeliaceae
- taxon common name
- ウメノキゴケ科
- taxonomic type
- Parmelia
- different from
- Scutelleridae
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Generic classification
- Evolutionary history
- Diversification
- Characteristics
- Thallus
- Apothecia
- Spores
- Chemistry
- Photobiont
- Genera
- Conservation
- Image gallery
- References
The Parmeliaceae is a large and diverse family of Lecanoromycetes. With over 2700 species in 71 genera, it is the largest family of lichen-forming fungi. The most speciose genera in the family are the well-known groups: Xanthoparmelia (822 species), Usnea (355 species), Parmotrema (255 species), and Hypotrachyna (262 species).
Nearly all members of the family have a symbiotic association with a green alga (most often Trebouxia spp., but Asterochloris spp. are known to associate with some species). The majority of Parmeliaceae species have a foliose, fruticose, or subfruticose growth form. The morphological diversity and complexity exhibited by this group is enormous, and many specimens are exceedingly difficult to identify down to the species level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parmeliaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.