Sporastatia

Sporastatia
Sporastatia testudinea growing on a rock in Wheeler Peak, Nevada, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Rhizocarpales
Family: Sporastatiaceae
Genus: Sporastatia
A.Massal. (1854)
Type species
Sporastatia testudinea
(Ach.) A.Massal. (1855)
Species

S. crassulata
S. karakorina
S. polyspora
S. testudinea

Synonyms[1]
  • Gyrothecium Nyl. (1855)

Sporastatia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Sporastatiaceae. It has four species.[2] Sporastatia lichens are long-lived species that grow on siliceous or weakly calcareous rocks in arctic and alpine locales.

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