Sporastatia | |
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Sporastatia testudinea growing on a rock in Wheeler Peak, Nevada, USA | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Rhizocarpales |
Family: | Sporastatiaceae |
Genus: | Sporastatia A.Massal. (1854) |
Type species | |
Sporastatia testudinea (Ach.) A.Massal. (1855)
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Sporastatia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Sporastatiaceae. It has four species.[2] Sporastatia lichens are long-lived species that grow on siliceous or weakly calcareous rocks in arctic and alpine locales.