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Icmadophila
Sign in to saveIcmadophila is a genus of crustose lichen. The genus has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and contains six species. The only species found in North America, Icmadophila ericetorum, has a mint green crustose thallus that is dotted with bright pink apothecial disks, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as "fairy puke". It aggressively grows over mosses on well-rotted wood and peat. It looks very distinctive, but may be confused with species of Dibaeis.
Species
Candy Lichen
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderPertusariales
- FamilyIcmadophilaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 51
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Icmadophilaceae
- Collections
- US, COLO, DUKE, MEL, SBBG, FH
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Belgium, Norway, Colombia, Ireland, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Icmadophilaceae
- Image
- Icmadophila.jpg
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- taxon name
- Icmadophila
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Icmadophila
- taxon author citation
- Trevis.
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Icmadophila is a genus of crustose lichen. The genus has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and contains six species. The only species found in North America, Icmadophila ericetorum, has a mint green crustose thallus that is dotted with bright pink apothecial disks, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as "fairy puke". It aggressively grows over mosses on well-rotted wood and peat. It looks very distinctive, but may be confused with species of Dibaeis.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Icmadophila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.