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Verrucariaceae
The Verrucariaceae are a family of lichens and a few non-lichenised fungi in the order Verrucariales. The lichens have a wide variety of thallus forms, from crustose (crust-like) to foliose (bushy) and squamulose (scaly). Most of them grow on land, some in freshwater and a few in the sea. Many are free-living but there are some species that are parasites on other lichens, while one marine species always lives together with a leafy green alga.
Several characteristics of the spore-bearing structures, the ascomata, define the family, including their perithecioid form–more or less spherical or flask-shaped, with a single opening and otherwise completely enclosed by a wall. Squamulose members of the Verrucariaceae with simple ascospores (lacking partitions called septa), and without algae in the spore-bearing region are known as catapyrenioid lichens; there are more than 80 of these species. The family has several dozen lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) examples, including a few genera that contain solely lichenicolous members. An unusually diverse variety of photobiont partners have been recorded, mostly green algae, but also brown algae and yellow-green algae.
46 branches of this family, most-observed first
Silverskin Lichens
genusDermatocarpon
Wart Lichens
genusVerrucaria
Bagliettoa
genusBagliettoa
Normandina
genusNormandina
Earthscale Lichens
genusPlacidium
Chalice Lichens
genusEndocarpon
Hydropunctaria
genusHydropunctaria
Clavascidium
genusClavascidium
Botryolepraria
genusBotryolepraria
Agonimia
genusAgonimia
Placopyrenium
genusPlacopyrenium
Wart Lichens
genusStaurothele
Placocarpus
genusPlacocarpus
Catapyrenium
genusCatapyrenium
Willeya
genusWilleya
Thelidium
genusThelidium
Wahlenbergiella
genusWahlenbergiella
Muellerella
genusMuellerella
Telogalla
genusTelogalla
Flakea
genusFlakea
Parabagliettoa
genusParabagliettoa
Polyblastia
genusPolyblastia
Phylloblastia
genusPhylloblastia
Heteroplacidium
genusHeteroplacidium
Placidiopsis
genusPlacidiopsis
Mastodia
genusMastodia
Psoroglaena
genusPsoroglaena
Verrucula
genusVerrucula
Nesothele
genusNesothele
Sporodictyon
genusSporodictyon
Phaeospora
genusPhaeospora
Heterocarpon
genusHeterocarpon
Bellemerella
genusBellemerella
Verruculopsis
genusVerruculopsis
Moriola
genusMoriola
Henrica
genusHenrica
Norrlinia
genusNorrlinia
Merismatium
genusMerismatium
Trimmatothele
genusTrimmatothele
Macentina
genusMacentina
Involucropyrenium
genusInvolucropyrenium
Neocatapyrenium
genusNeocatapyrenium
Atla
genusAtla
Endopyrenium
genusEndopyrenium
Turgidosculum
genusTurgidosculum
Halospora
genusHalospora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 117870.