Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Candelariomycetes
Subclassis: Candelariomycetidae
Ordo: Candelariales
Familia: Candelariaceae
Genus: Candelaria
Species: C. calopizodes – C. concolor – C. crawfordii – C. fibrosa – C. sphaerobola
Unresolved species names: C. asiatica
Name
Candelaria A. Massal., 1852
References
A. Massal., Flora, Jena 35: 567 (1852)
Massalongo, A. (1852) Synopsis lichenum blasteniosporum. Flora (Regensburg)\Flora 35: 561–576. (Mattick Rec.# 33848 - Literature on Lichens) (Biodiversity Heritage Library)
Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Candelaria (pp. 205–206) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Filson, Rex B., [From Flora of Australia volume 54 (1992)] - Discussion of Candelaria
Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Anaptychia Körb., 1848 (pp. 121–123) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp. (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30032 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Candelaria: pp. 140–142)
Poelt, J. and Reddi, B.V. (1969) Candelaria und Candelariella. Lichenes, Candelariaceae. (Flechten des Himalaya 4). - Khumbu Himal [Universitatsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck-München] 6(1): 1–16. (RLL List # 75 / Rec. # 14761 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Westberg, M. & Clerc, P. 2012: Five species of Candelaria and Candelariella (Ascomycota, Candelariales) new to Switzerland. MycoKeys 3: 1–12. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.3.2864 Reference page.
Westberg, M. and Nash III, T.H. (2002) Candelaria (pp. 116–118) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages. (RLL List # 187 / Rec. # 23034 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011
Index Fungorum
MycoBank
Links to photos
Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Candelaria fibrosa
Vernacular names
日本語: ロウソクゴケ属
Candelaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Candelariaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852.[3]
Species
As of June 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Candelaria:[4]
Candelaria asiatica D.Liu & J.S.Hur (2018)[5] – South Korea
Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Arnold (1879)
Candelaria crawfordii (Müll.Arg.) P.M.Jørg. & D.J.Galloway (1992)
Candelaria pacifica M.Westb. & Arup (2011)[6] – Europe; North America; South America
References
"Candelaria". MycoBank. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
Massalongo, A. (1852). "Synopsis lichenum blasteniosporum". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 35: 561–576.
"Candelaria". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
Liu, D.; Hur, J.S. (2018). "Candelaria asiatica, an ignored new species from South Korea". Mycobiology. 46 (4): 305–310. doi:10.1080/12298093.2018.1538070. PMC 6319464. PMID 30637138.
Westberg, M.; Arup, U. (2011). "Candelaria pacifica sp. nova (Ascomycota, Candelariales) and the identity of Candelaria vulgaris". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 106: 353–364.
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