Staurothele Explained

Staurothele is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has about 40 species. When the fungus is part of a lichen, the genus of lichen is commonly called rock pimples.^[1]

Species

• Staurothele alboterrestris
• Staurothele ambrosiana
• Staurothele arctica
• Staurothele areolata
• Staurothele bacilligera
• Staurothele caesia
• Staurothele clopima
• Staurothele dendritica
• Staurothele desquamescens
• Staurothele drummondii
• Staurothele elenkinii
• Staurothele fissa
• Staurothele frustulenta
• Staurothele geoica
• Staurothele guestphalica
• Staurothele honghensis
• Staurothele hymenogonia
• Staurothele nemorum – USA
• Staurothele oxneri
• Staurothele pulvinata
• Staurothele rufa
• Staurothele rugosa
• Staurothele rugulosa
• Staurothele rupifraga
• Staurothele septentrionalis
• Staurothele succedens

Notes and References

1. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014,