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catillaria lichen
Scientific Name: Catillaria terrena
Family: Catillariaceae
Category: Lichen
Growth: Lichenous
Duration:
Other Names:
Catillaria
Catillaria is a genus of crustose lichens.
Considerations for Pets
- Some Catillaria species are described as having apothecia (fruiting bodies) that appear as tiny black dots. These small parts could be a potential ingestion hazard for curious pets.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Family: Catillariaceae
- Genus: Catillaria A. Massal.
Common Names
- Catillaria Lichen
Synonyms
- Scutula stereocaulorum (synonym of Catillaria stereocaulorum)
- Bacidia declinis (synonym of Catillaria nigroclavata)
- Bilimbia declinis (synonym of Catillaria nigroclavata)
- Lecidea declinis (synonym of Catillaria nigroclavata)
Distribution and Habitat
- Found in various regions including the Greater Sonoran Desert, Britain and Ireland, Dorset, Turkey, Cape Verde, The Netherlands, Italy, Chile, Taiwan, and the Aegean.
- Some species, like Catillaria corymbosa, are endemic to maritime Antarctic regions, typically found on exposed, rocky bird perches.
- Certain species are corticolous, growing on trees, particularly in systematic woodlands.
- Catillaria lenticularis is found on rocks.
Morphological Characteristics
- Catillaria chalybeia has a thallus that is crustose, 2-5 cm in diameter.
- Some species appear as tiny black dots on a dark grey or dark olivaceous background.
- The apothecia (black dots) range from just 0.15.
- Catillaria glauconigricans is a crust lichen that is powdery white with black dots.
Ecological Role
- Species of Catillaria and Strigula have been found growing on the leaves of Nestegis apetala.
Nomenclature
- The text refers to the genus as Catillaria Massal.
Species within the Genus Catillaria (Mentioned in Text)
- Catillaria adpressa
- Catillaria aeruginascens
- Catillaria afferens
- Catillaria alba
- Catillaria atomarioides
- Catillaria austrolittoralis
- Catillaria chalybeia
- Catillaria contristans
- Catillaria corymbosa
- Catillaria cremea
- Catillaria croatica
- Catillaria detractula
- Catillaria erysiboides
- Catillaria finckei
- Catillaria flavens
- Catillaria fungoides
- Catillaria gilbertii
- Catillaria glauconigricans
- Catillaria laureri
- Catillaria lenticularis
- Catillaria nigroclavata
- Catillaria nilgiriensis
- Catillaria picila
- Catillaria stereocaulorum
- Catillaria tristis
Quirky Facts
- Catillaria corymbosa, an Antarctic lichen, is typically found on exposed, rocky bird perches, but populations have also been found in sheltered locations.
Further Information
- Greater Sonoran Desert Lichen Flora (Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2001)
- Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland (Anon 1986)
- Hertel, H. Nash III, T.H. and Ryan, B.D. (2007) Catillaria (pp. 220-226) In: Nash III , T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the
- British Lichen Society - BLS Lichen Database
- Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual
- Googles http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/Catillaria?page=1