Lobaria

Lobaria
Lobaria pulmonaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Peltigeraceae
Genus: Lobaria
(Schreb.) Hoffm. (1796)
Type species
Lobaria pulmonaria
(L.) Hoffm. (1796)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lichen sect. Lobaria Schreb. (1791)
  • Pulmonaria Hoffm. (1789) [1790]
  • Reticularia Baumg. (1790)
  • Lobariomyces E.A.Thomas (1939)
  • Ricasoliomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Stictomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Anomalobaria Moncada & Lücking (2013)

Lobaria is a genus of foliose lichens, formerly classified in the family Lobariaceae, but now placed in the Peltigeraceae. They are commonly known as "lung wort" or "lungmoss" as their physical shape somewhat resembles a lung, and their ecological niche is similar to that of moss.

Lobaria are unusual in that they have a three-part symbiosis, containing a fungus, and an alga (as other lichens do), but also a cyanobacterium that fixes nitrogen.

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