Parvoplaca
{{Short description|Genus of lichen}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Caloplaca tiroliensis (43960952552).jpg
| image_caption = Caloplaca tiroliensis
| taxon = Parvoplaca
| authority = Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
| type_species = Parvoplaca tiroliensis
| type_species_authority = (Zahlbr.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = see text
}}
Parvoplaca is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by Ulrik Søchting, Patrik Frödén, and Ulf Arup.
Species
- Parvoplaca athallina {{small|(Darb.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)}}
- Parvoplaca candanii {{small|Halıcı & Søchting (2023)}} – Antarctica
- Parvoplaca chelyae {{small|(Pérez-Vargas) Vondrák, Halıcı & Arup (2015)}}
- Parvoplaca lamprocarpa {{small|Arup & Søchting (2023)}} – Alaska
- Parvoplaca macroborealis {{small|Arup & Søchting (2023)}} – Oregon, USA
- Parvoplaca nigroblastidiata {{small|Arup, Halıcı & Vondrák (2015)}} – Europe; Alaska
- Parvoplaca servitiana {{small|(Szatala) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)}}
- Parvoplaca suspiciosa {{small|(Nyl.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)}}
- Parvoplaca tenebrosa {{small|Arup & Søchting (2023)}} – Oregon, USA
- Parvoplaca tiroliensis {{small|(Zahlbr.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén (2013)}}
Description
Parvoplaca is a genus of crustose lichens with small, usually yellow or blackened apothecia. The spores are {{lichengloss|polar-diblastic}} with a septum. No pycnidia are seen.
Distribution and habitat
Parvoplaca is mainly distributed in polar regions but also in the boreal zone and the Mediterranean.
Species of Parvoplaca generally grow on moss or detritus but are also found growing on bark.
References
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Category:Taxa described in 2013
Category:Teloschistales genera
Category:Taxa named by Ulrik Søchting
Category:Taxa named by Patrik Frödén
Category:Taxa named by Ulf Arup
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