Stereocaulon | |
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Stereocaulon tomentosum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Stereocaulaceae |
Genus: | Stereocaulon Hoffm. (1796) |
Type species | |
Stereocaulon paschale (L.) Hoffm. (1796)
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Species | |
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Stereocaulon is a genus of lichens. Members of Stereocaulon are commonly called rock foam lichens.[1][2] Photobiont partners of Stereocaulon include green algae from the genera Asterochloris, Chloroidium, and Vulcanochloris.[3] Stereocaulon is difficult to ID to species, but there is a high diversity of species within the genus.
Sanders & Masumoto 2021
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