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Biatora
Biatora is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817, the genus consists of crustose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains 42 species that are widely distributed in temperate areas.
49 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Spring Dot Lichen
speciesBiatora vernalis
Printzen's Dotted Lichen
speciesBiatora printzenii
Long-spored Dotted Lichen
speciesBiatora longispora
Appalachian Dotted Lichen
speciesBiatora appalachensis
Biatora pontica
speciesBiatora pontica
Biatora efflorescens
speciesBiatora efflorescens
Biatora chrysantha
speciesBiatora chrysantha
Biatora pycnidiata
speciesBiatora pycnidiata
Biatora globulosa
speciesBiatora globulosa
Biatora veteranorum
speciesBiatora veteranorum
Biatora alaskana
speciesBiatora alaskana
Biatora aureolepra
speciesBiatora aureolepra
Biatora helvola
speciesBiatora helvola
Biatora nobilis
speciesBiatora nobilis
Biatora radicicola
speciesBiatora radicicola
Biatora ocelliformis
speciesBiatora ocelliformis
Biatora pallens
speciesBiatora pallens
Biatora subduplex
speciesBiatora subduplex
Biatora flavopunctata
speciesBiatora flavopunctata
Biatora albidula
speciesBiatora albidula
Biatora cuprea
speciesBiatora cuprea
Biatora rufidula
speciesBiatora rufidula
Biatora vacciniicola
speciesBiatora vacciniicola
Biatora alnetorum
speciesBiatora alnetorum
Biatora subfuscescens
speciesBiatora subfuscescens
Biatora aegrefaciens
speciesBiatora aegrefaciens
Biatora chrysanthoides
speciesBiatora chrysanthoides
Biatora ementiens
speciesBiatora ementiens
Biatora kodiakensis
speciesBiatora kodiakensis
Biatora oligocarpa
speciesBiatora oligocarpa
Biatora pausiaca
speciesBiatora pausiaca
Biatora toensbergii
speciesBiatora toensbergii
Biatora caulophylla
speciesBiatora caulophylla
Biatora troendelagica
speciesBiatora troendelagica
Biatora epirotica
speciesBiatora epirotica
Biatora akompsa
speciesBiatora akompsa
Biatora oxneri
speciesBiatora oxneri
Biatora mendax
speciesBiatora mendax
Biatora hypophaea
speciesBiatora hypophaea
Biatora meiocarpa
speciesBiatora meiocarpa
Biatora sphaeroidiza
speciesBiatora sphaeroidiza
Biatora hemipolia
speciesBiatora hemipolia
Biatora fallax
speciesBiatora fallax
Biatora ligni-mollis
speciesBiatora ligni-mollis
Biatora beckhausii
speciesBiatora beckhausii
Biatora australis
speciesBiatora australis
Biatora terrae-novae
speciesBiatora terrae-novae
Biatora hafellneri
speciesBiatora hafellneri
Biatora pacifica
speciesBiatora pacifica
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 175943.