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Pleopsidium

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Acarosporomycetidae
Ordo: Acarosporales
Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Pleopsidium
Species: P. chlorophanum - P. flavum - P. stenosporum

Name

Pleopsidium Körber, 1855

Type: Pleopsidium chlorophanum (Wahlenb.) Zopf, 1895

References

Körber, Syst. Lich. Germ.: 113 (1855)
Koerber, G.W. (1855) Systema Lichenum Germaniae (I-XXXIV). Die Flechten Deutschlands mikroscopisch geprüft, kritisch gesichtet, charakteristisch beschrieben und systematisch geordnet. - Breslau.
Hafellner, J. (1993) Acarospora und Pleopsidium, zwei lichenisierte Ascomycetengattungen (Lecanorales) mit zahlreichen Konvergenzen. Nova Hedwigia 56: 281-305.
Knudsen, K. (2007) Pleopsidium (pp. 274-276) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.
Magnusson, A.H. (1929[1930]) A monograph of the genus Acarospora. - Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Stockholm, Ser. 3, 7: 1-400.
Reeb. V., Lutzoni, F. and Roux, C. (2004) Contribution of RPB2 to multilocus phylogenetic studies of the euascomycetes (Pezizomycotina, Fungi) with special emphasis on the lichen-forming Acarosporaceae and evolution of polyspory. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 1036-1060.
USDA Plants Database
Recent Literature on Lichens and Mattick's Literature Index

Vernacular names
English: Gold cobblestone lichens

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