Psora

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]

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)

Species
  • Psora altotibetica Timdal, Obermayer & Bendiksby (2016)
  • Psora brunneocarpa Timdal (2002)
  • Psora crenata (Taylor) Reinke (1895)
  • Psora crystallifera (Taylor) Müll.Arg. (1888)
  • Psora decipiens (Hedw.) Hoffm. (1794)
  • Psora globifera (Ach.) A.Massal. (1852)
  • Psora hyporubescens Timdal (2002)
  • Psora icterica (Mont.) Müll.Arg. (1888)
  • Psora indigirkae Timdal & Zhurb. (2004)
  • Psora peninsularis Timdal (2002)
  • Psora pruinosa Timdal (2002)
  • Psora rubiformis (Wahlenb. ex Ach.) Hook. (1833)
  • Psora taurensis Timdal, Bendiksby, Kahraman & Halıcı (2017)
  • Psora testacea Hoffm. (1790)

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.


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