Staurothele

Staurothele is a genus of fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.[1] When the fungus is part of a lichen, the genus of lichen is commonly called rock pimples.[2]:352

Staurothele
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Eurotiomycetes
Subclass:
Chaetothyriomycetidae
Order:
Verrucariales
Family:
Verrucariaceae
Genus:
Staurothele

Norman
Type species
Staurothele clopima
(Wahlenb.) Th. Fr.
Species
  • Staurothele arctica
  • Staurothele areolata
  • Staurothele bacilligera
  • Staurothele caesia
  • Staurothele clopima
  • Staurothele fissa
  • Staurothele frustulenta
  • Staurothele geoica
  • Staurothele guestphalica
  • Staurothele hymenogonia
  • Staurothele pallidipora
  • Staurothele rufa
  • Staurothele rugulosa
  • Staurothele rupifraga
  • Staurothele succedens

References
  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  2. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2


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