Catolechia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Rhizocarpaceae. It is a monotypic genus,[3] containing the single species Catolechia wahlenbergii. The genus was circumscribed by the German botanist Julius von Flotow in 1850.[4] He did not assign a type species for the genus; Catolechia pulchella A.Massal. (1852) was designated as the type by Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855.[5] This species is synonymous with Catolechia wahlenbergii.[6]
| Catolechia | |
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| Catolechia wahlenbergii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Rhizocarpales |
| Family: | Rhizocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Catolechia Flot. (1850) |
| Species: | C. wahlenbergii |
| Binomial name | |
| Catolechia wahlenbergii | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Several species that were originally described as a member of Catolechia have since been transferred to other genera. Examples include:
- Catolechia flavovirescens Flot. (1849) = Arthrorhaphis citrinella
- Catolechia glomerulans Müll.Arg. (1892) = Monerolechia glomerulans
- Catolechia lactea A.Massal. (1852) = Buellia lactea
- Catolechia marginulata Müll.Arg. (1892) = Buellia marginulata
- Catolechia moriopsis A.Massal. (1852) = Orphniospora moriopsis
- Catolechia pyxinoides Müll.Arg. (1861) = Pyxine pyxinoides
- Catolechia subcoronata Müll.Arg. (1892) = Buellia subcoronata
- Catolechia tenuis Müll.Arg. (1861) = Dimelaena tenuis
- Catolechia wahlenbergii ß alpina (Schaer.) Flot. (1849) = Bellemerea alpina
Habitat and distribution
editReferences
edit- ↑ NatureServe. "Catolechia wahlenbergii". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ↑ "Synonymy: Catolechia Flot., Bot. Ztg. 8(18): 367 (1850)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ↑ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
- ↑ Flotow, J. (1850). "Mikroskopische Flechtenstudien" [Lichen microscopic studies]. Botanische Zeitung (in German). 8: 361–369.
- ↑ "Record Details: Catolechia Flot., Bot. Ztg. 8(18): 367 (1850)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ↑ "Record Details: Catolechia pulchella A. Massal., Ric. auton. lich. crost. (Verona): 83 (1852)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ↑ Baniya, Chitra Bahadur; Solhøy, Torstein; Gauslaa, Yngvar; Palmer, Michael W. (2010). "The elevation gradient of lichen species richness in Nepal". The Lichenologist. 42 (1): 83–96. doi:10.1017/S0024282909008627.
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