Haematomma Explained
Haematomma is a genus of crustose lichens established by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852. It is the sole genus in the Haematommataceae, a family circumscribed by Josef Hafellner in 1984. Commonly called bloodstain lichens, the species assigned to this genus are widely distributed in tropical and temperate areas.
The genus name Haematomma means "bloody eye", a reference to the color of the lichen's apothecia.
Species
, Species Fungorum accepts 22 species in the genus Haematomma:
- Haematomma accolens
- Haematomma africanum
- Haematomma alborussulum
- Haematomma caperaticum
- Haematomma collatum
- Haematomma eremaeum
- Haematomma fenzlianum
- Haematomma flexuosum
- Haematomma fluorescens
- Haematomma gallowayi
- Haematomma infuscum
- Haematomma nicoyense
- Haematomma nothofagi
- Haematomma ochroleucum
- Haematomma parda
- Haematomma persoonii
- Haematomma pluriseptatum
- Haematomma puniceum
- Haematomma rubidum
- Haematomma rufidulum
- Haematomma similis
- Haematomma sorediatum
- Haematomma staigeriae
- Haematomma stevensiae
