Collema coccophorum

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Collema coccophorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Collemataceae
Genus: Collema
Species:
C. coccophorum
Binomial name
Collema coccophorum
Tuck. (1862)
Synonyms[1]
  • Collema atrum F.Wilson (1891)
  • Collema congestum F.Wilson (1891)
  • Synechoblastus congesta (F.Wilson) F.Wilson (1893)
  • Synechoblastus coccophorus (Tuck.) Fink (1909)

Collema coccophorum is a cyanolichen also known as soil pulp lichen or jelly lichen. It can be found in many areas of the world, including North America, Eastern Europe and Norway, Australia, and South America. It has also been recorded in Antarctica.[2]

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