Biatora

Biatora is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817,[1] the genus consists of crustose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores.[2] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains 42 species that are widely distributed in temperate areas.[3]

Biatora
Soralia of Biatora printzenii, magnified 30X
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Lecanorales
Family:
Ramalinaceae
Genus:
Biatora

Fr. (1817)
Type species
Biatora vernalis
(L.) Fr. (1822)

Species
  • Biatora aegrefaciens
  • Biatora albohyalina
  • Biatora alborufidula
  • Biatora aureolepra
  • Biatora britannica
  • Biatora chrysantha
  • Biatora cuprea
  • Biatora efflorescens
  • Biatora epirotica
  • Biatora fallax
  • Biatora flavopunctata
  • Biatora helvola
  • Biatora hertelii
  • Biatora ligni-mollis
  • Biatora mendax
  • Biatora ocelliformis
  • Biatora rufidula
  • Biatora sphaeroidiza
  • Biatora subduplex
  • Biatora subgilva
  • Biatora toensbergii
  • Biatora troendelagica
  • Biatora turgidula
  • Biatora vacciniicola
  • Biatora vernalis

References
  1. Fries EM, Sandberg A. (1817). Lichenum dianome nova. Lund.
  2. Printzen C, Tønsberg T (1999). "The lichen genus Biatora in northwestern North America". The Bryologist. 102 (4): 692–713. doi:10.2307/3244256.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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