Staurothele Explained
Staurothele is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has about 40 species. When the fungus is part of a lichen, the genus of lichen is commonly called rock pimples.[1]
Species
- Staurothele alboterrestris
- Staurothele ambrosiana
- Staurothele arctica
- Staurothele areolata
- Staurothele bacilligera
- Staurothele caesia
- Staurothele clopima
- Staurothele dendritica
- Staurothele desquamescens
- Staurothele drummondii
- Staurothele elenkinii
- Staurothele fissa
- Staurothele frustulenta
- Staurothele geoica
- Staurothele guestphalica
- Staurothele honghensis
- Staurothele hymenogonia
- Staurothele nemorum – USA
- Staurothele oxneri
- Staurothele pulvinata
- Staurothele rufa
- Staurothele rugosa
- Staurothele rugulosa
- Staurothele rupifraga
- Staurothele septentrionalis
- Staurothele succedens
Notes and References
- Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014,
