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Peltula

Peltula is a genus of small dark brown to olive or dark grey squamulose lichens. These lichens typically grow on rocks in arid and semi-arid environments worldwide. They consist of a fungus living in symbiosis with a photosynthetic partner, specifically a cyanobacterium of the genus Chroococcidiopsis. Peltula is the only genus in the family Peltulaceae…

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Peltula

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related to Species · 53
Peltula → Ach, As, Asahina, Bachran, Bagl, Brusse, Büdel, Catalogue, ChinaPeltula, Cromb, Delise, Eckfeldt, Egea, Elenkin, EuropePeltula, Filson, Golubk, Gröger, Gyeln, Hasse
related to Historical taxonomy · 23
Peltula → Alexander Zahlbruckner, Algeria, Biskra, Burkhard Büdel, Finnish, For, Genus Peltula, German, He, Heppia, In, Lecanora, Lecanorine, Many, Neoheppia, Nylander, Peltulaceae, Phyllopeltula, The, These
related to Habitat, distribution, and ecology · 15
Peltula → About, Australia, Baikal, China, Despite, East Africa, Fifteen, Five, India, Mexico, North America, Peltulaceae, Siberia, Sweden, These
related to Phylogenetics · 13
Peltula → As, Büdel, Early, Egea, However, Kauff, More, Neoheppia, Peltulaceae, Phyllopeltula, Significant, The, Traditional
related to Description · 10
Peltula → Crustose-areolate, Finally, Most, Peltate-umbilicate, Peltulaceae, Squamulose-compound, Squamulose-semifruticose, Subfoliose, Thalli, The
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Peltula → genus of small dark brown to olive or dark grey squamulose lichens, only genus in the family Peltulaceae

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species genus peltulaceae family lichens thallus büdel forms cortex various nyl within rocks soil growth layer lower members found genera

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Peltulais agenus of small dark brown to olive or dark grey squamulose lichens0.90text
Peltulais aonly genus in the family Peltulaceae0.90text
sorediainstance ofVegetative reproductive structures0.80text
isidia occur in a small number of species.Unlike many other lichen familiesinstance ofVegetative reproductive structures0.80text
Peltulaceae generally lack secondary metabolitesinstance ofVegetative reproductive structures0.80text
Peltularelated to DescriptionPeltulaceae0.60section
Peltularelated to DescriptionThalli0.60section
Peltularelated to DescriptionMost0.60section
Peltularelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Peltularelated to DescriptionPeltate-umbilicate0.60section
Peltularelated to DescriptionSquamulose-semifruticose0.60section
Peltularelated to DescriptionSquamulose-compound0.60section

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