Lepidocollema
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| Lepidocollema | |
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| Lepidocollema marianum in Keaau, Hawaii Island | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Pannariaceae |
| Genus: | Lepidocollema Vain. (1890) |
| Type species | |
| Lepidocollema carassense Vain. (1890) | |
Lepidocollema is a genus of lichens in the family Pannariaceae. It was circumscribed in 1890 to contain a single Brazilian species that has not been collected since. In 2016, the entire family was revised and updated, resulting in the expansion of Lepidocollema to 24 tropical species.
Lepidocollema was originally circumscribed in 1890 by Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio with only the type species, L. carassense.[1] This lichen is a gelatinous Parmeliella-like species that has a photobiont from the genus Nostoc. It has only been collected once from Brazil. The family Pannariaceae was revised in 2014 with the help of molecular phylogenetics.[2] As a result, the genus was accepted and 23 tropical species were transferred into it, mostly from the genus Parmeliella. Phylogenetically, Lepidocollema is sister to Physma.[2]