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Associations

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Lichen / parasite
lirella of Melaspilea leciographoides parasitises thallus of Verrucaria

Lichen / associate
perithecium of Pyrenocollema strontianense is associated with thallus of Verrucaria

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Verrucaria

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Verrucaria is a genus of lichenized (lichen-forming) fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.^[1]

Species

Species include:^[2]

Verrucaria aethiobola
Verrucaria amphibia
Verrucaria aquatilis
Verrucaria aspiciliicola
Verrucaria baldensis Massal
Verrucaria bryoctona
Verrucaria ditmarsica
Verrucaria dolosa
Verrucaria dufourii
Verrucaria elaeomelaena
Verrucaria funckii
Verrucaria fusconigrescens
Verrucaria glaucina
Verrucaria halizoa Leighton – forms small patches on exposed shores.^[3]
Verrucaria hochstetteri
Verrucaria hydrela
Verrucaria margacea
Verrucaria marmorea
Verrucaria maura Wahl – forms a black layer encrusting as patches on the rocks of the upper littoral and splash zone.^[4]^[5]
Verrucaria mucosa Wahl – appears as a smooth thallus.^[6] Closely encrusting on rock in irregular patches in the middle littoral.^[7]
Verrucaria muralis
Verrucaria murina
Verrucaria nigrescens
Verrucaria pachyderma
Verrucaria pinguicula
Verrucaria praetermissa
Verrucaria prominula
Verrucaria rupestris Shrad (1794)
Verrucaria serpuloides I.M.Lamb – the only known permanently submerged marine lichen^[8]
Verrucaria simplex
Verrucaria striatula Wahl
Verrucaria virdula

Candelariella aurella was formerly placed here as Verrucaria aurella

Distribution

Verrucaria ditmarsica Erichsen and V. Maura Wahlenb. have been recorded in 1984 from the Lighthouse Island, Copeland Island, County Down, Northern Ireland.^[9]

References

^ Gueidan C, Roux C, Lutzoni F (2007). "Using a multigene phylogenetic analysis to assess generic delineation and character evolution in Verrucariaceae (Verrucariales, Ascomycota)". Mycological Research. 111 (Pt 10): 1145–68. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.08.010. PMID 17981450.
^ Gilbert, Oliver (2000). Lichens. Hammersmith: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-220082-1.
^ Dobson, Frank S (2010). A Field Key to Coastal and Seashore Lichens. New Malden: Frank S Dobson. ISBN 978-0-9542324-5-0.
^ Lewis, J.R. 1964. The Ecology of Rocky Shores. The English Universities Press Ltd
^ Young, CM. 1961. The New Naturalist The Sea Shore. Collins, London
^ Campbell, A.C. 1984. The Country Life Guide to the Shallow Seas of Britain and Europe. Country Life Books. ISBN 0-600-34396 0
^ Barrett, J.H, and Young, C.M. 1960. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. Collins, London
^ Ahmadjian, V. (1 March 1995). "Lichens are more important than you think". BioScience. 45 (3): 1. doi:10.1093/bioscience/45.3.124. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ Morton, O. 1988. Lichens on Lighthouse Island. Copeland Bird Observatory Annual Report for 1986 p.44

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Verrucaria: Brief Summary

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Verrucaria is a genus of lichenized (lichen-forming) fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.

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