Alectoria (fungus)

Alectoria is a genus of fruticose lichens belonging to the family Parmeliaceae.[1]

Alectoria
Alectoria sarmentosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Alectoria
Ach. (1809)
Type species
Alectoria sarmentosa
(Ach.) Ach. (1810)
Species

A. brodoana
A. gowardii
A. imshaugii
A. lata
A. mexicana
A. ochroleuca
A. ochroleucoides
A. sarmentosa
A. sorediosa
A. spiculatosa

Species

  • Alectoria brodoana Essl. (2016) – Mexico[2]
  • Alectoria gowardii Lumbsch (2010)[3]Northwest Territories
  • Alectoria imshaugii Brodo & D.Hawksw. (1977)
  • Alectoria lata (Taylor) Linds. (1859) – North America; Central America; Asia[2]
  • Alectoria mexicana Brodo & D.Hawksw. (1977) – Mexico[2]
  • Alectoria ochroleuca (Schrank) A.Massal. (1855)
  • Alectoria ochroleucoides Essl. (2016) – Mexico[2]
  • Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. (1810)
  • Alectoria sorediosa (K.G.W.Lång ex Räs.) McMullin & Lendemer (2016)
  • Alectoria spiculatosa Li S.Wang & Xin Y.Wang (2015)Yunnan, China

References

  1. Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota–Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361. S2CID 90258634.
  2. Esslinger, T.L. (2016). "Alectoria in Mexico". In Herrera-Campos, Maria; Pérez-Pérez, Rosa Emilia; Nash, Thomas H. III (eds.). Lichens of Mexico. The Parmeliaceae – Keys, distribution and specimen descriptions. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 110. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 69–80. ISBN 978-3-443-58089-6.
  3. Lumbsch, H.T.; Huhndorf, S.H. (2010). "Notes on ascomycete systematics". Fieldiana Botany. 1: 42–64.


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