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Lecidea
Sign in to saveLecidea is a genus of crustose lichens with a carbon-black ring or outer margin (exciple) around the fruiting body disc (apothecium), usually (or always) found growing on (saxicolous) or in (endolithic) rock. Lichens that have such a black exciple are called lecideine, meaning "like Lecidea, even if they are not in this genus. Members of the genus are commonly called disk lichens or tile lichens.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecideales
- FamilyLecideaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11,711
- With media
- 6,265
- Family
- Lecideaceae
- Collections
- US, COLO, WIS, LSU, TENN
- Recorded in
- United States, Finland, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lecideaceae
- Image
- Lecidea fuscoatra 98284.jpg
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- taxon name
- Lecidea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Lecidea fuscoatra
- taxon common name
- Granietkorst
- Commons category
- Lecidea
- taxon author citation
- Ach.
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Selected species
- References
Lecidea is a genus of crustose lichens with a carbon-black ring or outer margin (exciple) around the fruiting body disc (apothecium), usually (or always) found growing on (saxicolous) or in (endolithic) rock. Lichens that have such a black exciple are called lecideine, meaning "like Lecidea, even if they are not in this genus. Members of the genus are commonly called disk lichens or tile lichens.
==Taxonomy==
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