Calicium
Sign in to saveCalicium is a genus of leprose lichens. It is in the family Caliciaceae, and has 40 species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderCaliciales
- FamilyCaliciaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,138
- With media
- 448
- Family
- Caliciaceae
- Collections
- IDS, ASU, COLO, TENN, WIS, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Kenya, Finland, Sweden, France, Australia, Guatemala, Cyprus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Caliciaceae
- Image
- Calicium viride-1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Calicium
- taxon name
- Calicium
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Calicium viride
- taxon common name
- ピンゴケ属
- taxon author citation
- Pers.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Habitat, distribution, and ecology
- Evolutionary history
- Species
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Calicium is a genus of leprose lichens. It is in the family Caliciaceae, and has 40 species.
The sexual reproduction structures are a mass of loose ascospores that are enclosed by a cup shaped exciple sitting on top of a tiny stalk, having the appearance of a dressmaker's pin (called a mazaedium), hence the common name pin lichen. They are also commonly called stubble lichens.
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