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Verrucula
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Verrucula

Verrucula is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. Species in the genus are parasitic on saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens, including Xanthoria elegans as well as lichens from genus Caloplaca that contain chemical substances called anthraquinones.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Verrucula pusillaria

speciesVerrucula pusillaria

Verrucula arnoldaria

speciesVerrucula arnoldaria

Verrucula maritimaria

speciesVerrucula maritimaria

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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 881129.