Muellerella
Encyclopedia
Muellerella is a genus
of lichen
s in the family Verrucariaceae
. The genus has a widespread distirubtion, especially in northern temperate
areas, and contains about 16 species that live on other lichens, or on liverworts.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of lichen
Lichen
Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner , usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium...
s in the family Verrucariaceae
Verrucariaceae
The Verrucariaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Verrucariales.- Genera :These are the genera that are currently in the Verrucariaceae family, based on the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota...
. The genus has a widespread distirubtion, especially in northern temperate
Temperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
areas, and contains about 16 species that live on other lichens, or on liverworts.
Species
- Muellerella erratica
- Muellerella hospitans
- Muellerella lichenicola
- Muellerella polyspora
- Muellerella pygmaea
- Muellerella ventosicola