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Lecidoma
Sign in to saveLecidoma is a single-species fungal genus in the family Lecideaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Lecidoma demissum, a crustose lichen. This lichen forms thick, cushion-like crusts up to 12 cm across that are dark brown to grey-brown and broken into tightly packed, slightly swollen blocks giving a lumpy appearance, with glossy black to reddish-brown fruiting bodies dotting the upper surface.
Species
Brown Earth-crust Lichen
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecideales
- FamilyLecideaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Lecideaceae
- Collections
- BRY, UC, LD, PH, ASU
- Recorded in
- United States, Norway
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lecideaceae
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- taxon name
- Lecidoma
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Lecidoma lichen
- taxon author citation
- Gotth. Schneid. & Hertel
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Lecidoma is a single-species fungal genus in the family Lecideaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Lecidoma demissum, a crustose lichen. This lichen forms thick, cushion-like crusts up to 12 cm across that are dark brown to grey-brown and broken into tightly packed, slightly swollen blocks giving a lumpy appearance, with glossy black to reddish-brown fruiting bodies dotting the upper surface.
==Taxonomy==
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