Bryoria is a genus of lichenizedfungi in the family Parmeliaceae. Many members of this genus are known as horsehair lichens.[2] The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in boreal and cool temperate areas.
Bryoria species are fruticose, slender and hair-like, tending to grow hanging (pendent) or like a small bush. They range in colour from dark brown to pale greyish brown to grey in some species. Ascospores are colourless, ellipsoid, numbering eight per ascus.[4]
Found almost exclusively on conifers, or on tundra soil,[4]Bryoria collectively has a widespread distribution, especially in boreal and cool temperate areas.[5]
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^ abMyllys, Leena; Velmala, Saara; Pino-Bodas, Raquel; Goward, Trevor (2016). "New species in Bryoria (Parmeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes) from north-west North America". Lichenologist. 48 (5): 355–365. doi:10.1017/S0024282916000268. S2CID88755829.
^Boluda, Carlos G.; Divakar, Pradeep K.; Hawksworth, David L.; Villagra, Johana; Rico, Víctor J. (2015). "Molecular studies reveal a new species of Bryoria in Chile". Lichenologist. 47 (6): 387–394. doi:10.1017/S0024282915000298. S2CID90538905.
^ abcdWang, Li Song; Wang, Xin Yu; Liu, Dong; Myllys, Leena; Shi, Hai Xia; Zhang, Yan Yun; Yang, Mei Xia; Li, Li Juan (2017). "Four new species of Bryoria (Lichenized Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae) from the Hengduan Mountains, China". Phytotaxa. 297 (1): 29. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.3.
^Wang, Li Song; Harada, Hiroshi; Koh, Y.J.; Hur, Jae-Seoun (2006). "Taxonomic study of Bryoria (Lichenized Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae) from the Sino-Himalaya (2). Bryoria fastigiata sp. nov". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 100: 865–870.
^Wang, L.S.; Harada, H.; Narui, T.; Culberson, C.F.; Culberson, W.L. (2003). "Bryoria hengduanensis (Lichenized Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae), a new species from Southern China". Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica. 54 (2): 99–104.
^ abVelmala, Saara; Myllys, Leena; Goward, Trevor; Holien, Håkon; Halonen, Pekka (2014). "Taxonomy of Bryoria section Implexae (Parmeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes) in North America and Europe, based on chemical, morphological and molecular data". Annales Botanici Fennici. 51 (6): 345–371. doi:10.5735/085.051.0601. S2CID86126379.
^Jørgensen, Per M.; Myllys, Leena; Velmala, Saara; Wang, Li-Song (2012). "Bryoria rigida, a new Asian lichen species from the Himalayan region". Lichenologist. 44 (6): 777–781. doi:10.1017/S0024282912000370. S2CID83906897.