Leptochidium
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Leptochidium | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Leptochidium albociliatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Massalongiaceae |
| Genus: | Leptochidium M.Choisy (1952) |
| Type species | |
| Leptochidium albociliatum (Desm.) M.Choisy (1952) | |
| Species | |
Leptochidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Massalongiaceae.[1] It has two species:
- Leptochidium albociliatum (Desm.) M.Choisy (1952)
- Leptochidium crenatulum (Nyl.) P.M.Jørg. (2006)
The genus was circumscribed by French lichenologist Maurice Choisy in 1952.[2] Leptochidium remained monotypic until 2006, when Per Magnus Jørgensen transferred into it a species originally named Leptogium rivulare var. crenatulum by William Nylander.[3]
