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Calycidium
Sign in to saveCalycidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sphaerophoraceae. It has two species. It is one of the few lichen genera containing foliose (leafy) species that produce a mazaedium – a powdery mass of spores. Both species occur in Australasia and South America, where they grow on tree bark or on mosses.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilySphaerophoraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Sphaerophoraceae
- Collections
- NY, F
- Recorded in
- New Zealand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sphaerophoraceae
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- taxon name
- Calycidium
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Calycidium cuneatum
- taxon author citation
- Stirt.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- References
Calycidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sphaerophoraceae. It has two species. It is one of the few lichen genera containing foliose (leafy) species that produce a mazaedium – a powdery mass of spores. Both species occur in Australasia and South America, where they grow on tree bark or on mosses.
==Taxonomy== The genus was circumscribed by James Stirton in 1877, with Calycidium cuneatum as the type species. Calycidium polycarpum was transferred to the genus (from Sphaerophorus) in 2002.
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