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Thamnolia

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Thamnolia
Thamnolia vermicularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Icmadophilaceae
Genus: Thamnolia
Ach. ex Schaer. (1850)
Type species
Thamnolia vermicularis
(Sw.) Schaer. (1850)
Species

T. juncea
T. papelillo
T. subuliformis
T. taurica
T. tundrae
T. vermicularis

Synonyms[1]

Thamnolia is a genus of lichens in the family Icmadophilaceae.[2] Members of the genus are commonly called whiteworm lichens.

Two species of Thamnolia are used by ethnic peoples of Yunnan Province (China) as a component of purported health-promoting tea: Thamnolia vermicularis, and T. subuliformis.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Thamnolia Ach. ex Schaer., Enum. critic. lich. europ. (Bern): 243 (1850)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  3. ^ Wang, Li-song; Narui, Takao; Harada, Hiroshi; Culberson, Chicita F.; Culberson, William Louis (2001). "Ethnic uses of lichens in Yunnan, China". The Bryologist. 104 (3): 345–349. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0345:EUOLIY]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86316534.
  4. ^ a b Santesson, R. (2004). "Two new species of Thamnolia". Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 34 (1): 393–397.
  5. ^ Onut-Brännström, Ioana; Johannesson, Hanna; Tibell, Leif (2018). "Thamnolia tundrae sp. nov., a cryptic species and putative glacial relict". The Lichenologist. 50 (1): 59–75. doi:10.1017/S0024282917000615. S2CID 90226688.