Hertelidea

Hertelidea
Hertelidea botryosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Stereocaulaceae
Genus: Hertelidea
Printzen & Kantvilas (2004)
Type species
Hertelidea botryosa
(Fr.) Printzen & Kantvilas (2004)
Species

H. aspera
H. botryosa
H. eucalypti
H. geophila
H. pseudobotryosa
H. wankaensis

Hertelidea is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Stereocaulaceae. Characteristics of the genus include carbon-black ring or outer margin (exciple) around the fruit body disc (apothecium), eight-spored, Micarea-type asci and mostly simple, hyaline ascospores that lack a transparent outer layer. Hertelidea species mostly grow on wood, although less frequently they are found on bark or soil. While the type species, Hertelidea botryosa, has a widespread distribution, most of the other species are found only in Australia.