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Parmeliaceae

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Parmeliaceae is a large and diverse family of Lecanoromycetes. With over 2000 species in roughly 87 genera, it is regarded as the largest family of lichen forming fungi. The most speciose genera in the family are the well-known groups: Xanthoparmelia (800+ species), Usnea (500+ species), Parmotrema (350+ species), and Hypotrachyna (190+ species).
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Genus

Ahtiana (1)
Alectoria (witch's hair lichen) (16)   (1)
Allantoparmelia (allantoparmelia lichen) (3)
Allocetraria (4)
Anzia (anzia lichen) (31)   (1)
Arctocetraria (1)
Arctoparmelia (arctoparmelia lichen) (5)
Asahinea (3)
Austromelanelixia (5)
Austroparmelina (15)
Brodoa (brodoa lichen) (2)
Bryocaulon (3)
Bryoria (horsehair lichen) (48)   (1)
Bulborrhizina (1)
Bulbothrix (bulbothrix lichen) (56)
Canoparmelia (canoparmelia lichen) (29)
Cetraria (cetraria lichen) (43)
Cetrariastrum (3)
Cetrariella (3)
Cetrariopsis (2)
Cetrelia (giant shield lichen) (19)
Cetreliopsis (4)
Coelocaulon (1)
Coelopogon (2)
Cornicularia (brittle lichen) (1)
Coronoplectrum (1)
Crespoa (5)
Dactylina (2)
Davidgallowaya (1)
Dolichousnea (3)
Emodomelanelia (1)
Esslingeriana (esslingeriana lichen) (1)
Eumitria (2)
Evernia (ring lichen) (6)
Everniastrum (everniastrum lichen) (2)
Everniopsis (1)
Flavocetrariella (1)
Flavoparmelia (flavoparmelia lichen) (33)
Flavopunctelia (4)
Gowardia (2)
Himantormia (2)
Hypogymnia (tube lichen) (96)
Hypotrachyna (hypotrachyna lichen) (244)   (1)
Imshaugia (imshaugia lichen) (7)
Letharia (4)
Lethariella (11)
Lichen (6)
Maronina (3)
Melanelia (melanelia lichen) (6)
Melanelixia (15)
Melanohalea (30)
Menegazzia (honeycombed lichen) (85)
Montanelia (8)
Myelochroa (myelochroa lichen) (21)
Neofuscelia (2)
Neoprotoparmelia (19)
Neopsoromopsis (1)
Nephromopsis (44)   (1)
Nesolechia (8)
Neuropogon (3)
Nipponoparmelia (5)
Nodobryoria (3)
Notoparmelia (18)
Omphalodium (2)
Omphalora (omphalora) (1)
Oropogon (36)
Pannoparmelia (3)
Paraparmelia (2)
Parmelia (121)
Parmelina (parmelina) (19)
Parmelinella (10)
Parmelinopsis (parmelinopsis) (9)
Parmeliopsis (bran lichen) (5)
Parmotrema (parmotrema lichen) (295)   (2)
Parmotremopsis (3)
Phacopsis (7)
Platismatia (8)
Pleurosticta (2)
Protoparmelia (26)
Protousnea (9)
Pseudephebe (3)
Pseudevernia (6)
Pseudoparmelia (17)
Psiloparmelia (14)
Psoromella (1)
Punctelia (49)
Relicina (39)
Remototrachyna (13)
Rimelia (3)
Sulcaria (5)   (3)
Tuckermannopsis (3)
Tuckermanopsis (5)
Tuckneraria (3)
Usnea (370)
Usnocetraria (2)
Vulpicida (6)
Xanthomaculina (1)
Xanthoparmelia (723)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0