Physciaceae
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Physcia millegrana, member of the family Physciaceae | |
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Family: | Physciaceae Zahlbr. (1898)
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Physcia (Schreb.) Michx. (1803)
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The Physciaceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. A 2016 estimate placed 19 genera and 601 species in the family.[1]
Genera
- Anaptychia
- Coscinocladium
- Culbersonia (placement uncertain)
- Dermiscellum
- Heterodermia
- Hyperphyscia
- Mobergia
- Monerolechia
- Phaeophyscia
- Phaeorrhiza
- Physcia
- Physciella
- Physconia
- Pyxine
- Redonia (placement uncertain)
- Rinodina
- Rinodinella
- Tornabea
References
- ^ Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota–Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361.