Genus of lichenised fungi in the family Lecideaceae
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[1]
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
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^ abcField Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
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