Lobothallia Explained
Lobothallia is a genus of lichens in the family Megasporaceae. Species in the genus have foliose thalli that become crustose areolate in the center with age, and grow on calcareous to siliceous rocks.[1] The crustose part of the body may keep its lower cortex,[1] though not always.[2] Dark brown to black apothecia may be sunken into the surface of the thallus, as indicated in the common name puffed sunken disk lichen.[1] Members grow to 3– or more radiating lobes (placodioid).[2] The photobiont is green alga from the genus Trebouxia.[2] The genus is represented in Eurasia, Asia, North Africa, Central America, western North America, and Australia.[2]
Species
, Species Fungorum accepts 17 species of Lobothallia.
- Lobothallia alphoplaca
- Lobothallia brachyloba
- Lobothallia cernohorskyana
- Lobothallia chadefaudiana
- Lobothallia cheresina
- Lobothallia controversa
- Lobothallia crassimarginata – China
- Lobothallia epiadelpha
- Lobothallia farinosa
- Lobothallia gangwondoana
- Lobothallia hedinii
- Lobothallia helanensis – China
- Lobothallia hydrocharis
- Lobothallia lacteola
- Lobothallia melanaspis
- Lobothallia praeradiosa
- Lobothallia pruinosa – China
- Lobothallia radiosa
- Lobothallia recedens
- Lobothallia semisterilis
- Lobothallia subdiffracta
- Lobothallia zogtii
Notes and References
- Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014,
- Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 2, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, http://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=51977
