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Psora
Psora crenata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Psoraceae
Genus: Psora
Hoffm. (1796)
Type species
Psora decipiens
(Hedw.) Hoffm. (1794)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysopsora (Vain.) M.Choisy (1951)
  • Chrysopsora Lagerh. (1892)
  • Fritzea Stein (1879)
  • Lecidea sect. Chrysopsora Vain. [as 'Chrysospora'] (1934)
  • Peltiphylla M.Choisy (1950)

Psora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Psoraceae.[2] Members of the genus are commonly called fishscale lichens.[3][4] Lichens in the genus Psora are known to have a squamulose thallus and anthraquinones in the hymenium.[5]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Synonymy: Psora Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl., Zweiter Theil (Erlangen): 161 (1796) [1795]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
  4. ^ Fishscale Lichen (Psora), Encyclopedia of Life
  5. ^ Timdal, Einar (1984). "The delimitation of Psora (Lecideaceae) and related genera, with notes on some species". Nordic Journal of Botany. 4 (4): 525–540. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1984.tb02059.x.