Solorina

Solorina is a genus of 10 species of lichenized fungi in the family Peltigeraceae.^[2] The genus was first described by the Swedish botanist Erik Acharius in 1808.^[3] Members of the genus are commonly called socket lichens.^[4]

Solorina
Solorina saccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Peltigerales
Family:	Peltigeraceae
Genus:	Solorina Ach. (1808)
Type species
Solorina crocea (L.) Ach. (1808)
Synonyms[1]
Sommerfeltia Flörke ex Sommerf.(1827) Solorinina Nyl. (1884) Solorina sect. Neosolorina Gyeln. (1930) Ruspoliella Sambo (1937) Neosolorina (Gyeln.) Räsänen (1943) Solorinomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Species

• Solorina bispora Nyl. (1860)
• Solorina crocea (L.) Ach. (1808)
• Solorina crocoides Gyeln. (1930)
• Solorina embolina Nyl. (1884)
• Solorina fuegiensis C.W.Dodge (1971)
• Solorina octospora Arnold (1876)
• Solorina platycarpa Hue (1907)
• Solorina saccata (L.) Ach. (1808)
• Solorina simensis Hochst. ex Flot. (1843)
• Solorina spongiosa (Ach.) Anzi (1862)