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Circinaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Megasporaceae. It was circumscribed by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1809.^[1]

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Lecanoromycetes

Order:Pertusariales

Family:Megasporaceae

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Circinaria

Circinaria contorta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Pertusariales
Family:	Megasporaceae
Genus:	Circinaria Link (1809)

Species

As of January 2026^[update], Species Fungorum accepts 40 species of Circinaria.^[2]

Circinaria affinis (Eversm.) Sohrabi (2012)^[3]
Circinaria arida Owe-Larss., A.Nordin & Tibell (2011)
Circinaria caesiocinerea (Nyl. ex Malbr.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
Circinaria calcarea (L.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
Circinaria calcitrapa (Cl.Roux & A.Nordin) Cl.Roux (2024)
Circinaria cerebroides (Mereschk.) Sohrabi (2012)^[3]
Circinaria clercii (Cl.Roux & M.Bertrand) Cl.Roux (2024)
Circinaria contorta (Hoffm.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
Circinaria crespiana (V.J.Rico) Sohrabi & V.J.Rico (2013)
Circinaria cupreogrisea (Th.Fr.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
Circinaria deminuta P.M.McCarthy & Elix (2020)^[4] – Australia
Circinaria digitata (Sohrabi & Litterski) Sohrabi (2012)^[3]
Circinaria elmorei (E.D.Rudolph) Owe-Larss., A.Nordin & Sohrabi (2011)
Circinaria emiliae (Tomin) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
Circinaria esculenta (Pall.) Sohrabi (2012)^[3]
Circinaria excrescens (J.Steiner) Sohrabi (2019)
Circinaria fruticulosa (Eversm.) Sohrabi (2012)^[3]
Circinaria gibbosa (Ach.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
Circinaria hispida (Mereschk.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
Circinaria hispidoides (Mereschk.) Paukov, Davydov, Sohrabi & Q.Ren (2026)^[5]
Circinaria hoffmanniana (S.Ekman & Fröberg ex R.Sant.) A.Nordin (2016)
Circinaria jussuffii (Link) Sohrabi (2016)
Circinaria lacunosa (Mereschk.) Sohrabi (2012)^[3]
Circinaria laxilobata G.Ismayil, A.Abbas & S.Y.Guo (2019)
Circinaria leprosescens (Sandst.) A.Nordin, Savić & Tibell (2010)
Circinaria maculata (H.Magnusson) Q.Ren (2018)
Circinaria mansourii (Sohrabi) Sohrabi (2013)^[6]
Circinaria nimisii Sohrabi, H.Mayrhofer, Obermayer & S.D.Leav. (2023)^[7] – Greece
Circinaria ochracea Thüs & Nascimb. (2023)
Circinaria ochraceoalba (H.Magn.) Q.Ren (2018)
Circinaria persepolitana Sohrabi & Pérez-Ort. (2024)^[8]
Circinaria rogeri (Sohrabi) Sohrabi (2012)^[3]
Circinaria rostamii Sohrabi (2012)^[3]
Circinaria scabridula (H.Magn.) Sohrabi (2019)
Circinaria schafeevii (Tomin) Q.Ren (2018)
Circinaria scyphulifera Paukov, Chesnokov & Konoreva (2018)^[9] – Russia
Circinaria semicontorta R.Zulfiqar, H.S.Asghar, K.Habib & Khalid (2024)
Circinaria serenensis (Cl.Roux & M.Bertrand) A.Nordin (2016)
Circinaria straussii (J.Steiner) Sohrabi (2019)
Circinaria subochracea (H.Magn.) Q.Ren (2018)
Circinaria tominii (Oxner) Sohrabi (2012)^[3]
Circinaria tortuosa (H.Magnusson) Q.Ren (2018)
Circinaria transbaicalica (Oxner) Q.Ren (2018)
Circinaria ucrainica Khodos. & Darmostuk (2024)^[10] – Ukraine
Circinaria yiae Q.Ren, Paukov & Davydov (2026)^[5] – China

References

[1]
Link, H.F. (1809). "Nova plantarum genera e classe Lichenum, Algarum, Fungorum". Neues Journal für die Botanik (in Latin). 3 (1–2): 1–19.
[2]
"Circinaria". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
[3]
Sohrabi, M.; Stenroos, S.; Myllys, L.; Søchting, U.; Ahti, T.; Hyvönen, J. (2012). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Circinaria ('manna lichens' in Aspicilia s.lat.); a new insight into the genetic relationships of the vagrant-crustose growth forms". Mycological Progress. 12: 231–269. doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0830-1.
[4]
McCarthy, P.M.; Elix, J.A. (2020). "A new species of Circinaria (Megasporaceae) from New South Wales, Australia". Australasian Lichenology. 86: 90–94.
[5]
Ren, Qiang; Paukov, Alexander G.; Davydov, Evgeny A.; Sohrabi, Mohammad; Alverdiyeva, Sevda (2026). "A new species of Circinaria (C. yiae) from China revealed by morphological and molecular evidence, with the elevation of C. hispidoides to species rank". Taiwania. 71 (1): 147–153. doi:10.6165/tai.2026.71.147.
[6]
Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Rico, Víctor J.; Halici, Mehmet G.; Shrestha, Gajendra; Stenroos, Soili (2013). "Teuvoa, a new lichen genus in Megasporaceae (Ascomycota: Pertusariales), including Teuvoa junipericola sp. nov". The Lichenologist. 45 (3): 347–360. doi:10.1017/S0024282913000108.
[7]
Sohrabi, Mohammad; Leavitt, Steven D.; Obermayer, Walter; Mayrhofer, Helmut (2023). "Circinaria nimisii (Megasporaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), a new manna lichen from Greece". The Lichenologist. 55 (5): 367–376. doi:10.1017/S0024282923000336.
[8]
Sohrabi, Mohammad; Paukov, Alexander; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Nourozi, Hooman; Fadaie, Hamid; Favero-Longo, Sergio Enrico; Talebian, Mohammad Hassan; de los Ríos, Asunción (2024). "Circinaria persepolitana (Megasporaceae), a new lichen species from historic stone surfaces in Persepolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Iran". The Lichenologist. 56 (2–3): 93–106. doi:10.1017/S0024282924000070.
[9]
Chesnokov, S.; Konoreva, L.; Paukov, A. (2018). "New species and records of saxicolous lichens from the Kodar Range (Trans-Baikal Territory, Russia)". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 63 (1): 11–21. doi:10.2478/pfs-2018-0003. hdl:10995/75628.
[10]
Khodosovtsev, Alexander; Darmostuk, Valerii; Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jürgen; Moysiyenko, Ivan; Kuzemko, Anna (2024). "Сircinaria ucrainica sp. nov., a new species from sand dunes of the Lower Dnipro valley (Ukraine)". The Lichenologist. 56 (4): 159–167. doi:10.1017/S0024282924000197. hdl:11475/32236.

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