Parmotrema

Parmotrema
Parmotrema hypotropum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Parmotrema
A.Massal. (1860)
Type species
Parmotrema perforatum
(Wulfen) A.Massal. (1860)
Synonyms
  • Canomaculina Elix & Hale (1987)
  • Concamerella W.L.Culb. & C.F.Culb. (1981)
  • Parmelaria D.D.Awasthi (1987)
  • Rimelia Hale & A.Fletcher (1990)
  • Rimeliella Kurok. (1991)

Parmotrema is a genus of lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae.[1] It is a large genus, containing an estimated 300 species,[2] with a centre of diversity in subtropical regions of South America and the Pacific Islands.[3]

Members of the genus are commonly called ruffle lichens or scatter-rag lichens.[4]: 83 

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lücking et al. 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Blanco et al. 2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2