Botryolepraria
| Botryolepraria | |
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| Botryolepraria lesdainii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Genus: | Botryolepraria Canals, Hern.-Mar., Gómez-Bolea & Llimona (1997) |
| Type species | |
| Botryolepraria lesdainii (Hue) Canals, Hern.-Mar., Gómez-Bolea & Llimona (1997)
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| Species | |
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B. lesdainii | |
Botryolepraria is a genus of byssoid (cottony) lichens of uncertain familial placement in the order Verrucariales. It has two species. The thallus is an uncorticated, three-dimensional network of free fungal hyphae that holds clusters of green algal cells suspended within the lattice, so under low magnification it can resemble a pale, granular Lepraria-like crust. Reports are mostly from shady, humid, protected microhabitats on sheltered rock (often limestone) or on tree bark, including cave entrances and damp woodland or swamp habitats.