Leucodermia
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| Leucodermia | |
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| Leucodermia leucomelos is the prominent lichen on the lower left | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Physciaceae |
| Genus: | Leucodermia Kalb (2015) |
| Type species | |
| Leucodermia leucomelos (L.) Kalb (2015) | |
| Synonyms | |
Leucodermia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae.[1]
The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Klaus Kalb in 2015, with Leucodermia leucomelos assigned as the type species. Leucodermia includes lichens that were previously classified in genus Anaptychia section Polyblastidium series leucomelaenae. The genus name combines leucomelaenae with Heterodermia. Klaus included 10 species in his original circumscription of the genus;[2] Leucodermia guzmaniana was added as a newly described species in 2019.[3]