Verrucaria

Verrucaria
Verrucaria nigrescens, Schwäbische Alb, Germany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Verrucaria
Shrad. (1794)
Type species
Verrucaria rupestris
Shrad. (1794)
Species

about 150 accepted species

Synonyms
  • Trimmatothele Norman ex Zahlbr. (1903)

Verrucaria is a genus of lichenized (lichen-forming) fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.[1]

  1. ^ Gueidan C, Roux C, Lutzoni F (2007). "Using a multigene phylogenetic analysis to assess generic delineation and character evolution in Verrucariaceae (Verrucariales, Ascomycota)". Mycological Research. 111 (Pt 10): 1145–68. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.08.010. PMID 17981450.