Lecidea

Lecidea
	Lecidea fuscoatra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecideales
Family:	Lecideaceae
Genus:	Lecidea; Ach. (1803)
Type species
	Lecidea fuscoatra; (L.) Ach. (1803)
Synonyms
	Stereonema Kütz. (1836); Sporoacania A.Massal. (1855); Cladopycnidium H.Magn. (1940); Lecideomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953); Nothoporpidia Hertel (1984); Zosterodiscus Hertel (1984);

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.^[2]^: 298 Lichens that have such a black exciple are called lecideine, meaning "like Lecidea, even if they are not in this genus.^[2]^: 14 Members of the genus are commonly called disk lichens or tile lichens.^[2]^: 298

Selected species

According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains an estimated 427 species.^[3]

References

^ "Lecidea Ach. 1803". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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[urlMycoBank:_Lecidea-1] "Lecidea Ach. 1803". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-04-29.

[SSFGCL-2] Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

[Kirk2008-3] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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