Staurothele

Staurothele is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. It has about 40 species.^[1] When the fungus is part of a lichen, the genus of lichen is commonly called rock pimples.^[2]: 352

Staurothele
Staurothele elenkinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Verrucariales
Family:	Verrucariaceae
Genus:	Staurothele Norman (1852)
Type species
Staurothele clopima (Wahlenb.) Th.Fr. (1852)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Goidanichia Tomas. & Cif. (1952) Goidanichiomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) Paraphysorma A.Massal. (1852) Polyblastiomyces E.A.Thomas (1939) Sphaeromphale A.Massal. (1854) Stigmatomma Körb. (1855)

Species

• Staurothele alboterrestris van den Boom & Etayo (2017)
• Staurothele ambrosiana (A.Massal.) Lettau (1914)
• Staurothele arctica Lynge (1937)
• Staurothele areolata (Ach.) Lettau (1912)
• Staurothele bacilligera (Arnold) Arnold (1885)
• Staurothele caesia (Arnold) Arnold (1885)
• Staurothele clopima (Wahlenb.) Th.Fr. (1861)
• Staurothele dendritica V.Wirth (2006)
• Staurothele desquamescens (Zahlbr.) Aptroot (2004)
• Staurothele drummondii (Tuck.) Tuck. (1872)
• Staurothele elenkinii Oxner (1927)
• Staurothele fissa (Taylor) Zwackh (1862)
• Staurothele frustulenta Vain. (1921)
• Staurothele geoica Zschacke (1919)
• Staurothele guestphalica (J.Lahm ex Körb.) Arnold (1885)
• Staurothele honghensis H.Harada & Li S.Wang (2006)^[3]
• Staurothele hymenogonia (Nyl.) Th.Fr. (1865)
• Staurothele nemorum C.A.Morse & Ladd (2019)^[4] – USA
• Staurothele oxneri S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2016)
• Staurothele pulvinata (Th.Fr.) Heiðm. (2017)
• Staurothele rufa (A.Massal.) Zschacke (1913)
• Staurothele rugosa J.W.Thomson (1991)^[5]
• Staurothele rugulosa (A.Massal.) Arnold (1897)
• Staurothele rupifraga (A.Massal.) Arnold (1881)
• Staurothele septentrionalis Lynge (1928)
• Staurothele succedens (Rehm) Arnold (1881)