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Socket lichens
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Socket lichens

Solorina

Solorina is a genus of 10 species of lichenized fungi in the family Peltigeraceae. The genus was first described by the Swedish botanist Erik Acharius in 1808. Members of the genus are commonly called socket lichens.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Chocolate Chip Lichen

speciesSolorina crocea

Greater Tundra Owl Lichen

speciesSolorina octospora

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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 174908.