Stenhammarella

Stenhammarella
Stenhammarella turgida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecideales
Family: Lecideaceae
Genus: Stenhammarella
Hertel (1967)
Species:
S. turgida
Binomial name
Stenhammarella turgida
(Ach.) Hertel (1967)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Biatora turgida Ach. (1810)
  • Lecidea albocaerulescens var. turgida (Ach.) Ach. (1814)
  • Patellaria albocaerulescens var. turgida (Ach.) Duby (1830)
  • Lecidea turgida (Ach.) A.Dietr. (1846)
  • Stenhammara turgida (Ach.) Körb. (1855)
  • Lecidea contigua var. turgida (Ach.) Nyl. (1855)
  • Lecidea calcarea var. turgida (Ach.) Boistel (1903)
  • Porpidia turgida (Ach.) Cl.Roux & P.Clerc (2004)

Stenhammarella is a fungal genus that contains a single species, Stenhammarella turgida, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen. This lichen grows on limestone rocks in alpine environments and is found in Europe and China. It was first described in 1810 by the Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius, the "father of lichenology". The lichen has a chalky, greyish body (the thallus) with distinctive reproductive structures (apothecia) that change appearance as the organism matures. Initially classified under various names and genera, it was given its own genus, Stenhammarella, in 1967. Modern genetic studies have placed it in the Lecideaceae family of fungi, revealing its close relationship to lichens in the genus Porpidia.

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