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Harpidium

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lichinomycetes
Ordo: Lichinales
Familia: Lichinaceae
Genus: Harpidium
Species: H. nashii - H. rutilans

Name

Harpidium Körb., 1855


Family: Lichinaceae

Life habit: Lichenized

Type: Harpidium rutilans Körb., 1855

Note: Molecular studies (Schultz and Büdel, unpublished) reveal that Harpidium rutilans does not belong to the Lichinaceae and propose to re-establish the family Harpidiaceae. (Source: Scheidegger & Schultz 2004)

Note: Harpidium glaucophanum (Hasse) Hasse has been transferred to Rhizoplaca glaucophana (Hasse) W.A. Weber, 1979 (Source: Schultz, Printzen, Scheidegger 2000)

References

* Koerber, G.W. (1855) Systema Lichenum Germaniae (I-XXXIV). Die Flechten Deutschlands mikroscopisch geprüft, kritisch gesichtet, charakteristisch beschrieben und systematisch geordnet. - Breslau. (Mattick's Literature Index)

* Scheidegger, C. and Schultz, M. (2004) Harpidium (pp. 133-134) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.

* Schultz, M.; Printzen, C. and Scheidegger, C. (2000) [2001]: Harpidium nashii sp. nov., a new species and a genus new to North America. - The Bryologist 103(4): 802-805. (Recent Literature on Lichens) (First page)

* Index Fungorum


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