Solorina Explained

Solorina is a genus of 10 species of lichenized fungi in the family Peltigeraceae. The genus was first described by the Swedish botanist Erik Acharius in 1808. Members of the genus are commonly called socket lichens.^[1]

Species

• Solorina bispora
• Solorina crocea
• Solorina crocoides
• Solorina embolina
• Solorina fuegiensis
• Solorina octospora
• Solorina platycarpa
• Solorina saccata
• Solorina simensis
• Solorina spongiosa

Notes and References

1. http://www.ispotnature.org/species-dictionaries/uksi/Solorina Observations in the Genus: Solorina, Ispotnature