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Texosporium

Wikipedia Abstract

Texosporium is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Caliciaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Texosporium sancti-jacobi, found in the USA. The genus is characterized by ascospores that are coated with a layer of cells derived from the paraphyses.
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Species

Texosporium sancti-jacobi (St. Jacob texosporium lichen) (Endangered)

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