Buellia

Buellia
Buellia chloroleuca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Buellia
De Not. (1846)
Type species
Buellia disciformis
(Fr.) Mudd (1861)
Species

about 300

Synonyms[1]
List
  • Anapyrenium Müll.Arg. (1880)
  • Aplotomma A.Massal. ex Beltr. (1858)
  • Buelliopsis A.Schneid. (1897)
  • Chrismofulvea Marbach (2000)
  • Hafellia Kalb, H.Mayrhofer & Scheid. (1986)
  • Kemmleria Körb. (1861)
  • Lepropinacia Vent. (1799)
  • Mattickiolichen Tomas. & Cif. (1952)
  • Mattickiomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Melanaspicilia Vain. (1909)
  • Samboa Tomas. & Cif. (1952)
  • Samboamyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Sambomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1952)

Buellia is a genus of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The fungi are usually part of a crustose lichen.[2] In this case, the lichen species is given the same name as the fungus. But members may also grow as parasites on lichens (lichenicolous).[2] The algae in the lichen (the photobiont partner) is always a member of the genus Trebouxia.[2]

Lichens in the genus are commonly called disc lichens,[3] or button lichens.[4]: 229  The genus has a widespread distribution and contains almost 1000 species.[5]

Genetic studies indicate that the genus Amandinea and Buellia may be the same,[6] although this is not widely accepted.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Species Fungorum synonymy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "Disc Lichen (Buellia), US Department of Agriculture".
  3. ^ "Plants 3". plants.usda.gov.
  4. ^ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  5. ^ "Index Fungorum - Search Page". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  6. ^ Scheidegger, C. 2009. Amandinea Choisy ex Scheid. & H. Mayrhofer (1993). In: C. W. Smith, A. Aptroot, B. J. Coppins, A. Fletcher, O. L. Gilbert, P. W. James and P. A. Wosley (eds.) The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. The British Lichen Society, Natural History Museum Publications, United Kingdom, pp. 142–144
  7. ^ Amandinea punctata in the Joshua Tree National Park (California, U.S.A.) Map collection: Kerry Knudsen, Kocourková Jana; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ecology, Czech Republic; 2012