Collema

Collema
Collema flaccidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Collemataceae
Genus: Collema
Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Type species
Collema lactuca
(Weber) Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Chiastosporum Dughi (1956)
  • Collema P.Browne (1756)
  • Collema sect. Collemodiopsis Vain. (1890)
  • Collema sect. Eucollema Tuck. (1872)
  • Collema subgen. Lathagrium Ach. (1810)
  • Collematomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Collemis Clem. (1931)
  • Collemodiopsis (Vain.) B.de Lesd. (1910)
  • Dicollema Clem. (1909)
  • Eucollema (Tuck.) Horw. (1912)
  • Kolman Adans. (1763)
  • Synechoblastus Trevis. (1853)
  • Tichodea Körb. (1848)

Collema (jelly lichen) is a genus of lichens in the family Collemataceae.[2] The photobiont is the cyanobacterium genus Nostoc.[3] Species in this genus typically grow on nutrient-rich bark or somewhat siliceous or calcareous rocks in humid environments.[4]

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  3. ^ Dobson, F.S. (2000) Lichens, an illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. 4th edition. Richmond publishing Co., Slough, England.
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