Sporastatia
| Sporastatia | |
|---|---|
| Sporastatia testudinea growing on a rock in Wheeler Peak, Nevada, USA | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Rhizocarpales |
| Family: | Sporastatiaceae |
| Genus: | Sporastatia A.Massal. (1854) |
| Type species | |
| Sporastatia testudinea (Ach.) A.Massal. (1855) | |
| Species | |
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S. crassulata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sporastatia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Sporastatiaceae. It has four species. Sporastatia lichens are long-lived species that grow on siliceous or weakly calcareous rocks in arctic and alpine locales.