Biatora

Biatora is a genus of lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. First described in 1817, the genus consists of crustose and squamulose lichens with green algal photobionts, biatorine apothecia, colorless, simple to 3-septate ascospores, and bacilliform pycnospores. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains 42 species that are widely distributed in temperate areas.

Species

 * Biatora alaskana Printzen & Tønsberg (2000)
 * Biatora alnetorum S.Ekman & Tønsberg (2019)
 * Biatora appalachensis Printzen & Tønsberg (2004)
 * Biatora aureolepra T.Sprib. & Tønsberg (2009)
 * Biatora australis Rodr. Flakus & Printzen (2016)
 * Biatora bacidioides Printzen & Tønsberg (2003)
 * Biatora britannica Printzen, Lumbsch & Orange (2001)
 * Biatora carneoalbida (Müll. Arg.) Coppins (1992)
 * Biatora chrysantha (Zahlbr.) Printzen (1994)


 * Biatora chrysanthoides Printzen & Tønsberg (2003)
 * Biatora cuprea (Sommerf.) Fr. (1831)
 * Biatora cuyabensis (Malme) S.Y.Kondr. (2019)
 * Biatora efflorescens (Hedl.) Räsänen (1935)
 * Biatora ementiens (Nyl.) Printzen (2014)
 * Biatora epirotica Printzen & T.Sprib. (2011)
 * Biatora epixanthoides (Nyl.) Diederich (1989)
 * Biatora globulosa (Flörke) Fr. (1845)
 * Biatora hafellneri Rodr.Flakus & Printzen (2016)
 * Biatora halei (Tuck.) S.Y.Kondr. (2019)
 * Biatora hemipolia (Nyl.) S.Ekman & Printzen (2014)
 * Biatora ivanpisutii S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2016)
 * Biatora kalbii (Brako) S.Y.Kondr. (2019)
 * Biatora kodiakensis Printzen & Tønsberg (2004)
 * Biatora ligni-mollis T.Sprib. & Printzen (2009)
 * Biatora loekoesiana S.Y.Kondr. & Hur (2018
 * Biatora longispora (Degel.) Lendemer & Printzen (2019)
 * Biatora meiocarpa (Nyl.) Arnold (1887)
 * Biatora nobilis Printzen & Tønsberg (2000)
 * Biatora oligocarpa Printzen & Tønsberg (2004)
 * Biatora oxneri (S.Y.Kondr., L.Lőkös & Hur) Printzen & Kistenich (2018)
 * Biatora pacifica Printzen, Tønsberg & G.Thor (2016)
 * Biatora pallens (Kullh.) Printzen (2005)
 * Biatora pausiaca Printzen & Tønsberg (2003)
 * Biatora pontica Printzen & Tønsberg (2003)
 * Biatora printzenii Tønsberg (2002)
 * Biatora pseudosambuci (S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur) S.Y.Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2016)
 * Biatora pycnidiata Printzen & Tønsberg (2004)
 * Biatora radicicola Printzen, Palice & J.P.Halda (2016)
 * Biatora subduplex (Nyl.) Printzen (1995)
 * Biatora subhispidula (Nyl.) S.Y.Kondr. (2019)
 * Biatora terrae-novae Printzen & J.W.McCarthy (2016)
 * Biatora toensbergii Holien & Printzen (1995)
 * Biatora vernalis (L.) Fr. (1882)
 * Biatora veteranorum Coppins & Sérus. (2010)
 * Biatora vezdana S.Y.Kondr. (2019)

The taxon Biatora marmorea, found in Alaska, was proposed as a new species in 2020; however, it is an illegitimate name as it had already been used for a species that is now known as Bagliettoa marmorea.