Psora
Sign in to savePsora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Psoraceae. Members of the genus are commonly called fishscale lichens. Lichens in the genus Psora generally have a squamulose thallus and anthraquinones in the hymenium. partners of Psora lichens include members of the green algal genera Asterochloris, Chloroidium, Myrmecia, and Trebouxia.
Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCompositae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 678
- With media
- 503
- Family
- Psoraceae
- Collections
- UTEP, US, COLO, CHSC, WIS, OBI
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, France
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- Psora
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- taxon common name
- fishscale lichen
- taxonomic type
- Psora decipiens
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- Psora
- taxon author citation
- Hoffm.
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Psora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Psoraceae. Members of the genus are commonly called fishscale lichens. Lichens in the genus Psora generally have a squamulose thallus and anthraquinones in the hymenium. partners of Psora lichens include members of the green algal genera Asterochloris, Chloroidium, Myrmecia, and Trebouxia.
==Taxonomy== The genus Psora was first validly published in 1796 by the German lichenologist Georg Franz Hoffmann. His of the genus was brief: "Crust patterned. Scutellae (small shields) bordered, convex.") He included 26 species in the genus.
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