• Source: Verrucaria

Verrucaria is a genus of lichenized (lichen-forming) fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.




Taxonomy


The genus was circumscribed by German botanist Heinrich Adolph Schrader in 1794, with Verrucaria rupestris assigned as the type species. In his brief diagnosis of the genus, Schrader mentioned the more or less spherical (subglobose), closed ascomata, and the crustose thallus. The genus name is derived from the Latin word verruca (meaning "wart") and the suffix -aria (meaning "belonging to" or "possession").




Ecology


As of 2015, there were 16 Verrucaria species classified as marine species: V. adguttata, V. allantoidea, V. ceuthocarpa, V. corallensi, V. ditmarsica, V. erichsenii,
V. halizoa, V. halochlora, V. microsporoides, V. paulula, V. psychrophila,
V. sandstedei, V. serpuloides, V. sessilis, V. subdiscreta, and V. thalassina.




Species



Verrucaria ahtii – Finland
Verrucaria kiyosumiensis – Japan
Verrucaria nigrescens – widespread
Verrucaria oulankaensis – Finland
Verrucaria rhizicola – France
Verrucaria rupestris
Verrucaria serpuloides – a permanently submerged marine lichen in Antarctica
Verrucaria takagoensis – Japan
Verrucaria vitikainenii – Finland




Distribution


Verrucaria ditmarsica has been recorded in 1984 from the Lighthouse Island, Copeland Island, County Down, Northern Ireland.




See also


Hydropunctaria maura, formerly Verrucaria maura, one of the most widespread lichens on the European littoral zone and found worldwide




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Disakarida
• Protoplas
• Verrucaria
• Myrothecium verrucaria
• Verrucaria serpuloides
• Verrucaria hydrophila
• Hydropunctaria maura
• Verrucaria rupestris
• Verrucaria yoshimurae
• Verrucaria nodosa
• Thelenella muscorum
• Verrucaria bifurcata