Physcidia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed in 1862 by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman.[3]

Physcidia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Physcidia
Tuck. (1862)
Type species
Physcidia wrightii
Tuck. (1862)
Species

P. australasica
P. callopis
P. carassensis
P. endococcinea
P. matogrossensis
P. neotropica
P. squamulosa
P. wrightii

Synonyms[1]

Species

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The taxon once known as Physcidia cylindrophora (Taylor) Hue (1908) is now Bacidia cylindrophora.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Physcidia Tuck., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 5: 399 (1862) [1860]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [152]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  3. ^ Tuckerman, E. (1862). "Observations on North American and other lichens. 2". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 5: 383–422. doi:10.2307/20021278. JSTOR 20021278.
  4. ^ a b c d Kalb, K.; Elix, J.A. (1995). "The lichen genus Physcidia". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 57: 265–297.
  5. ^ Zahlbruckner, A. (1909). "Lichenes (Flechten) in Ergebnisse der botanischen Expedition der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften nach Südbrasilien 1901. II. Band. Thallophyta und Bryophyta". Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften (Wien) Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (in German). 83: 87–211 [159].
  6. ^ Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2014). "A key to the corticolous microfoliose, foliose and related crustose lichens from Rondônia, Brazil, with the description of four new species". Lichenologist. 46 (6): 783–799. doi:10.1017/S0024282914000358. S2CID 83968727.
  7. ^ "Record Details: Physcidia cylindrophora (Taylor) Hue, Bull. Soc. linn. Normandie, sér. 6 1: 97 (1908) [1907]". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 24 December 2022.