Pertusaria

Pertusaria
Pertusaria paratuberculifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Pertusariaceae
Genus: Pertusaria
DC. (1805)
Type species
Pertusaria communis
DC. (1805)
Synonyms
  • Pertusariomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Pertusaria is a large genus of warty crustose lichens in the Pertusariaceae family.[1]: 322  The fruiting bodies are usually modified apothecia that immersed in warts on the main body (thallus) with small holes for the spores to emerge, similar to ostioles, or are fully above and lecanorine (spore bearing discs surrounded by a ring of tissue similar to the tissue of the thallus.[1]: 322  Members of the genus are commonly called wart lichens.[1]: 322 

The widespread genus contains over 500 species.[2]

Classification in the large genus relies heavily on thallus chemistry to distinguish and classify species, some of which differ only in the presence or absence of a single secondary chemical. Lichexanthone, norlichexanthone, and their chlorinated derivatives are common in this genus.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kirk2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Archer 1997 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).