Lecanora

Lecanora
Lecanora muralis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Lecanora
Ach. (1809)
Type species
Lecanora subfusca
(L.) Ach. (1810)
Diversity
about 500 species

Lecanora is a genus of lichen commonly called rim lichens.:279 Lichens in the genus Squamarina are also called rim lichens. Members of the genus have roughly circular fruiting discs (apothecia) with rims that have photosynthetic tissue similar to that of the nonfruiting part of the lichen body (thallus). Other lichens with apothecia having margins made of thallus-like tissue are called lecanorine.

It is in the family Lecanoraceae in the suborder Lecanorineae.

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