Australiaena streimannii
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Australiaena is a fungal genus in the family Caliciaceae. It is a monospecific genus, containing the single species Australiaena streimannii, a crustose lichen. It occurs in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, where it grows on silica-rich rocks. The genus was proposed in 1997 and named to reflect both its Australasian distribution and its superficial resemblance to the genus Dimelaena. The lichen forms variable-coloured crusts, ranging from whitish to grey, ochre or brown, with margins that often show distinctive radiating folds. It is distinguished from similar genera by its thread-like asexual spores and the unusual way its sexual spores (ascospores) develop.
- Family
- Caliciaceae
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- Name
- Australiaena streimannii
- Slug
- australiaena-streimannii
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Caliciaceae
- Genus
- Australiaena
- Species
- streimannii
- Wikidata QID
- Q4823755
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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