Circinaria

Circinaria
Circinaria contorta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Megasporaceae
Genus: Circinaria
Link (1809)

Circinaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Megasporaceae. It was circumscribed by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1809.

Species

As of January 2026, Species Fungorum accepts 40 species of Circinaria.

References

  1. ↑ "Circinaria". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sohrabi, M.; Stenroos, S.; Myllys, L.; Søchting, U.; Ahti, T.; Hyvönen, J. (2012). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Circinaria ('manna lichens' in Aspicilia s.lat.); a new insight into the genetic relationships of the vagrant-crustose growth forms". Mycological Progress. 12: 231–269. doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0830-1.
  3. ↑ McCarthy, P.M.; Elix, J.A. (2020). "A new species of Circinaria (Megasporaceae) from New South Wales, Australia". Australasian Lichenology. 86: 90–94.
  4. 1 2 Ren, Qiang; Paukov, Alexander G.; Davydov, Evgeny A.; Sohrabi, Mohammad; Alverdiyeva, Sevda (2026). "A new species of Circinaria (C. yiae) from China revealed by morphological and molecular evidence, with the elevation of C. hispidoides to species rank". Taiwania. 71 (1): 147–153. doi:10.6165/tai.2026.71.147.
  5. ↑ Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Rico, Víctor J.; Halici, Mehmet G.; Shrestha, Gajendra; Stenroos, Soili (2013). "Teuvoa, a new lichen genus in Megasporaceae (Ascomycota: Pertusariales), including Teuvoa junipericola sp. nov". The Lichenologist. 45 (3): 347–360. doi:10.1017/S0024282913000108.
  6. ↑ Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Obermayer, Walter; Mayrhofer, Helmut (2023). "Circinaria nimisii (Megasporaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), a new manna lichen from Greece". The Lichenologist. 55 (5): 367–376. doi:10.1017/S0024282923000336.
  7. ↑ Sohrabi, Mohammad; Paukov, Alexander; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Nourozi, Hooman; Fadaie, Hamid; Favero-Longo, Sergio Enrico; Talebian, Mohammad Hassan; de los Ríos, Asunción (2024). "Circinaria persepolitana (Megasporaceae), a new lichen species from historic stone surfaces in Persepolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Iran". The Lichenologist. 56 (2–3): 93–106. doi:10.1017/S0024282924000070.
  8. ↑ Chesnokov, S.; Konoreva, L.; Paukov, A. (2018). "New species and records of saxicolous lichens from the Kodar Range (Trans-Baikal Territory, Russia)". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 63 (1): 11–21. doi:10.2478/pfs-2018-0003. hdl:10995/75628.
  9. ↑ Khodosovtsev, Alexander; Darmostuk, Valerii; Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jürgen; Moysiyenko, Ivan; Kuzemko, Anna (2024). "Сircinaria ucrainica sp. nov., a new species from sand dunes of the Lower Dnipro valley (Ukraine)". The Lichenologist. 56 (4): 159–167. doi:10.1017/S0024282924000197. hdl:11475/32236.