Physcia
Appearance
Physcia | |
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Physcia millegrana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Caliciales |
Family: | Physciaceae |
Genus: | Physcia (Schreb.) Michaux (1803) |
Type species | |
Physcia tenella | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Physcia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae.[4] The genus name means "inflated" or "sausage-like", referring to the form of the type species.[5] According to a 2008 estimate, the widespread genus contains 73 species.[6]
Species
- Physcia adscendens – hooded rosette lichen
- Physcia aipolia – hoary rosette lichen
- Physcia alba
- Physcia albata
- Physcia atrostriata
- Physcia austrocaesia
- Physcia austrostellaris
- Physcia biziana
- Physcia caesia – blue-gray rosette lichen, powder-back lichen
- Physcia caesiopsis
- Physcia cinerea
- Physcia clementei
- Physcia convexa
- Physcia convexella
- Physcia crispa
- Physcia dakotensis
- Physcia decorticata
- Physcia dimidiata
- Physcia dubia
- Physcia erumpens
- Physcia halei
- Physcia integrata
- Physcia jackii
- Physcia krogiae
- Physcia littoralis
- Physcia magnussonii
- Physcia millegrana – mealy rosette lichen
- Physcia nashii
- Physcia neglecta
- Physcia neonubila
- Physcia nubila
- Physcia occidentalis
- Physcia phaea
- Physcia poncinsii
- Physcia pseudospeciosa
- Physcia rhizinata
- Physcia rolandii
- Physcia rolfii
- Physcia semipinnata
- Physcia sinuosa
- Physcia sorediosa
- Physcia stellaris – star rosette lichen
- Physcia tenella
- Physcia tenellula
- Physcia tretiachii
- Physcia tribacia
- Physcia tribacioides
- Physcia tropica
- Physcia undulata
- Physcia verdonii
- Physcia villosula
- Physcia vitii
Gallery
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Physcia millegrana (apothecia)
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Physcia millegrana (a foliose lichen), with an unlichenized polypore fungus (bottom right), on a fallen log
References
- ^ "Physcia (Schreb.) Michx. 1803". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ von Schreber JCD. (1791). Genera Plantarum (in Latin) (8th ed.).
- ^ Ciferri R, Tomaselli R (1953). "Saggio di una sistematica micolichenologica". Atti dell'Istituto Botanico della Università e Laboratorio Crittogamico di Pavia. 5 (in Italian). 10 (1): 25–84.
- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- ^ Dobson, Frank S. (2011). Lichens: An Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish Species. Slough, UK: Richmond Publishing. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-85546-315-1.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.