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Lasioloma
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Lasioloma

Lasioloma is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Swedish lichenologist Rolf Santesson in 1952, with Lasioloma arachnoideum assigned as the type species. Found predominantly in tropical rainforests, genus Lasioloma contains both foliicolous (leaf-dwelling) and corticolous (bark-dwelling) species. The foliicolous species are distinguished by their woolly prothallus (initial growth stage), a thallus that ranges from dispersed to continuous, and a hairy apothecial margin (the edge of the spore-producing structure)....

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lasioloma arachnoideum

speciesLasioloma arachnoideum

Lasioloma phycophilum

speciesLasioloma phycophilum

Lasioloma phycophorum

speciesLasioloma phycophorum

Lasioloma trichophorum

speciesLasioloma trichophorum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 924727.