Toninia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Ramalinaceae
- Genus
- Toninia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Toninia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Toninia
Toninia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus contains about 70 recognised species that are distributed worldwide, with many found in arctic and alpine environments as well as arid regions. These lichens are characterised by their often reduced or scale-like thalli and distinctive black apothecia (fruiting bodies) that typically become convex with age and contain needle-shaped ascospores. Toninia species primarily grow on soil, rocks, and other mineral substrates, and are distinguished from related genera by their spore-producing structures and chemical reactions to standard lichen identification tests.
...Toninia in languages:
- Danish
- Blærelav
- Dutch
- Blaaskorst
- English
- Bruise Lichens
- English
- Blister Lichens
- Estonian
- nappsamblikud
- German
- Blasenkrusten
- Swedish
- knagglavar
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Toninia alutacea
- Toninia arctica
- Toninia aromatica
- Toninia athallina
- Toninia australis
- Toninia austroafricana
- Toninia bullata
- Toninia bumamma
- Toninia caesiopallida
- Toninia candida
- Toninia cinereovirens
- Toninia diffracta
- Toninia glaucocarpa
- Toninia incretata
- Toninia lutosa
- Toninia massata
- Toninia nashii
- Toninia nigropallida
- Toninia nordlandica
- Toninia opuntioides
- Toninia pennina
- Toninia philippea
- Toninia physaroides
- Toninia plumbina
- Toninia rosulata
- Toninia ruginosa
- Toninia sculpturata
- Toninia sedifolia
- Toninia squalida
- Toninia subdiffracta
- Toninia subdispersa
- Toninia subfuscae
- Toninia submexicana
- Toninia subnitida
- Toninia superioris
- Toninia taurica
- Toninia tecta
- Toninia tristis
- Toninia verrucarioides
- Toninia verrucosa
- Toninia weberi































































































































































