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Physconia
Sign in to savePhysconia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. It comprises 13 species. The genus was established in 1965 by the lichenologist Josef Poelt and is characterized by leaf-like growth forms with typically less than 3 mm wide that often have a whitish, powdery coating on their tips. These lichens can be distinguished from similar genera by their distinctive brown ascospores that have thick walls, fine warts, and a single dividing wall but lack the end thickenings found in related groups.
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Vinony's link graph records 21 inbound references to Physconia, and connects out to fungi, Index Fungorum and photosynthesis.
Vinony files it under Caliciales, Caliciales genera and Lichen genera.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderCaliciales
- FamilyPhysciaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 709
- With media
- 281
- Family
- Physciaceae
- Collections
- CHSC, OSC, US, UFRGS, COLO, BG
- Recorded in
- United States, Brasil, France, Japan, Russia, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Physciaceae
- Image
- Physconia enteroxantha 93026.jpg
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- Physconia
- taxon rank
- genus
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- Rijpmos
- Commons category
- Physconia
- taxon author citation
- Poelt
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- References
Physconia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. It comprises 13 species. The genus was established in 1965 by the lichenologist Josef Poelt and is characterized by leaf-like growth forms with typically less than 3 mm wide that often have a whitish, powdery coating on their tips. These lichens can be distinguished from similar genera by their distinctive brown ascospores that have thick walls, fine warts, and a single dividing wall but lack the end thickenings found in related groups.
==Taxonomy==
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