Bilimbia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Ramalinaceae
- Genus
- Bilimbia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Bilimbia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bilimbia
Bilimbia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus forms crustose (crust-like) lichens that appear as whitish-grey to grey patches on calcium-rich soils or mosses growing over alkaline surfaces. The genus is distinguished by its sessile apothecia (fruiting bodies) that range from light ochre to black, eight-spored asci, and colourless spores with multiple cross-walls. Molecular phylogenetics studies have confirmed that Bilimbia forms a well-supported monophyletic group within the Ramalinaceae, and as of 2025, it contains 24 accepted species.
...Bilimbia in languages:
- Dutch
- Mosvreter
- Finnish
- kalkkiruskeiset
- Lithuanian
- Bilimbija
- Swedish
- kalkmosslavar
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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