Icmadophila
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| Icmadophila ericetorum growing on a rotten log on Meares Island, west coast of Canada. | |
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| Genus: | Icmadophila Trevis. (1852)
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| Icmadophila aeruginosa | |
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I. adversum | |
Icmadophila is a genus of crustose lichen. The genus has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and contains six species.[1] The only species found in North America, Icmadophila ericetorus, has a mint green crustose thallus that is dotted with bright pink apothecial disks, and is sometimes affectionately referred to as fairy puke.[2] It aggressively grows over mosses on well-rotted wood and peat.[3] It looks very distinctive, but may be confused with species of Dibaeis.
References
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Vitt, D, J Marsh, and R Bovey. 1994. Mosses, lichens, and ferns of northwest North America. Lone Pine Publishing.
- ^ Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press: New Haven.