Straminella is a well-delimited, recently resurrected genus segregated from Lecanora s. lat. and largely corresponding with the L. varia-group of earlier authors. For further details see Ivanovich-Hichins & al. (2025). The key includes 5 species, 3 of which should be looked for in Italy.

References

Ivanovich-Hichins C., Weber L., Li L., Leavitt S.D., Muggia L., Palice Z., Pérez-Ortega S., Sohrabi M., Printzen C. 2025. New phylogenetic insights into the lichen genus Lecanora s. lat. (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota): resurrection of the genera Glaucomaria, Straminella and Zeora. Lichenologist, 57, 6: 278-303.


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