Physcidia

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Physcidia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed in 1862 by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman.[3]

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Physcidia
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Physcidia
Tuck. (1862)
Type species
Physcidia wrightii
Tuck. (1862)
Species

P. australasica
P. callopis
P. carassensis
P. endococcinea
P. matogrossensis
P. neotropica
P. squamulosa
P. wrightii

Synonyms[1]
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Species

  • Physcidia australasica Kalb & Elix (1995)[4]
  • Physcidia callopis (Meyen & Flot.) Müll.Arg. (1883)
  • Physcidia carassensis Kalb & Elix (1995)[4]
  • Physcidia endococcinea Zahlbr. (1909)[5]
  • Physcidia matogrossensis Kalb & Elix (1995)[4]
  • Physcidia neotropica Kalb & Elix (1995)[4]
  • Physcidia squamulosa Tuck. (1862)
  • Physcidia striata Aptroot, M.Cáceres & Timdal (2014)[6]
  • Physcidia wrightii Tuck. (1862)

The taxon once known as Physcidia cylindrophora (Taylor) Hue (1908) is now Bacidia cylindrophora.[7]

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