Candelaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Candelariaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852.[3]

Candelaria
Candelaria pacifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Candelariomycetes
Order: Candelariales
Family: Candelariaceae
Genus: Candelaria
A.Massal. (1852)
Type species
Candelaria concolor
(Dicks.) Stein (1879)
Species

C. asiatica
C. concolor
C. crawfordii
C. pacifica

Synonyms[1]
  • Placodium sect. Candelaria (A.Massal.) Branth & Rostr. (1869)
  • Xanthoria sect. Candelaria (A.Massal.) Th.Fr. (1871)
  • Lecanora sect. Candelaria (A.Massal.) Cromb. (1894)

Species

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As of June 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Candelaria:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Candelaria". MycoBank. Retrieved 22 November 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. ^ Massalongo, A. (1852). "Synopsis lichenum blasteniosporum". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 35: 561–576.
  4. ^ "Candelaria". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  5. ^ Liu, D.; Hur, J.S. (2018). "Candelaria asiatica, an ignored new species from South Korea". Mycobiology. 46 (4): 305–310. doi:10.1080/12298093.2018.1538070. PMC 6319464. PMID 30637138.
  6. ^ Westberg, M.; Arup, U. (2011). "Candelaria pacifica sp. nova (Ascomycota, Candelariales) and the identity of Candelaria vulgaris". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 106: 353–364.