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biatorella lichen
Scientific Name: Biatorella hemisphaerica
Family: Biatorellaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
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Biatorella Lichen
This page provides information about the lichen genus Biatorella and various species within it.
Considerations for Pets
- Biatorella lichens are described as having minute structures, with some species having diameters of approximately 0.05-0.2 (-0.3) mm.
Scientific Name and Common Names
- Scientific Name: Biatorella De Not.
- Common Name: Biatorella Lichen
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Family: Biatorellaceae
- Rank: Genus (for Biatorella), Species (for various species like Biatorella fossarum, Biatorella plicata, Biatorella rappii, etc.)
- Synonyms: Biatorella kulshanensis is considered a synonym for Sporastatia; Biatorella microhaema Norman is a synonym. Piccolia A.Massal. has been considered a synonym for Biatorella De. Not.
- Authority: De Not. (for the genus), (Duf) Th. Fr. (for Biatorella fossarum)
Distribution and Habitat
- Biatorella fossarum is found in the USA and Canada.
- Biatorella clauzadeana is an obligate gypsophilous lichen from Spain (Almeria).
- Biatorella saxicola has been found in Hong Kong.
- Biatorella contigua is a terricolous lichen from the Taimyr Peninsula.
- Several species are reported from Central Poland, Singapore, and other regions.
- Some species, like Biatorella fossarum, grow on bare compacted soil.
- Some species, like Biatorella terrena, are rare terricolous species from southern California.
- Some species are found in conifer forests and low birch/ericaceous vegetation.
Ecological Role
- Some Biatorella species are terricolous (growing on soil).
- Biatorella clauzadeana is gypsophilous, meaning it grows on gypsum-rich soils.
- Acarospora interjecta is a lichenicolous lichen, meaning it parasitizes other lichens.
Morphological Characteristics
- Some species have a thallus that is usually absent or irregularly granular, sometimes scurfy with a pale gray surface.
- Biatorella and Sarcosagium both have bacilliform ascospores and are terricolous.
- Some species have minute structures, with diameters of approximately 0.05-0.2 (-0.3) mm.
Interactions with Other Organisms
- Acarospora interjecta is a lichenicolous lichen, meaning it parasitizes other lichens (specifically, it parasitizes the yellow effigurate lichen).
Resources and Further Information
- British Lichen Society (BLS)
- Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region
- The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland
- ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System)
- Te Papa Museum (for holotype specimen of Biatorella antarctica)