Pleopsidium

Pleopsidium
	Pleopsidium flavum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Acarosporales
Family:	Acarosporaceae
Genus:	Pleopsidium; Körb. (1855)
Type species
	Pleopsidium flavum; Körb. (1855)
Species
	P. chlorophanum; P. flavum; P. gobiense; P. stenosporum
Synonyms
	Gussonea Tornab. (1848); Acarosporomyces Cif. & Tomas.; Biatorellopsis C.W.Dodge (1965)

Pleopsidium is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Acarosporaceae. The widespread genus, which contains four species,^[3]^[4] was circumscribed by lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855.^[5]

References

^ Dodge CW. (1965). "Lichenological notes on the flora of the Antarctic continent. VI. New taxa from the Antarctic continent and adjacent islands". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 84: 507–29. doi:10.2307/3224798.
^ "Synonyms: Pleopsidium Körb., Syst. lich. germ. (Breslau): 113 (1855)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 546. ISBN 9780851998268.
^ Knudsen K. (2011). "A preliminary Study of Pleopsidium stenosporum (Stizenb. ex Hasse) K. Knudsen" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 9: 77–83.
^ Körber GW. (1855). Systema lichenum Germaniae (in Latin). Breslau, Germany: Trewendt & Granier. p. 113.

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