Baculifera Explained

Baculifera is a genus of lichens in the family Caliciaceae. It was circumscribed in 2000 by Bernhard Marbach and Klaus Kalb. Species in this genus are characterized by having bacilliform conidia typically measuring 8–11 μm long, and a non- hymenium. The genus is roughly similar in morphology to Buellia.

Species

• Baculifera cinereocincta
• Baculifera confusa
• Baculifera curtisii
• Baculifera entochlora
• Baculifera epifuscescens
• Baculifera epiviolascens
• Baculifera imshaugiana
• Baculifera intermedia
• Baculifera intermedioides
• Baculifera longispora
• Baculifera macromera
• Baculifera metaphragmia
• Baculifera metaphragmioides
• Baculifera micromera
• Baculifera orosa
• Baculifera pseudomicromera
• Baculifera remensa
• Baculifera tobleri
• Baculifera xylophila }