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Rhizoplaca
Sign in to saveRhizoplaca is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. Members of the genus are commonly called rimmed navel lichens because of their umbilicate growth form and lecanorine (rimmed with thallus-like tissue)apothecia, also rock-posy lichen and rockbright.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyLecanoraceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 501
- With media
- 127
- Family
- Lecanoraceae
- Collections
- US, COLO, DUKE, ASU, WIS, UTEP
- Recorded in
- United States, North Macedonia, Guyana, Peru, Antarctica, Canada, Kenya
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lecanoraceae
- Image
- Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca 45084.jpg
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- taxon name
- Rhizoplaca
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhizoplaca
- Commons category
- Rhizoplaca
- taxon common name
- rimmed navel lichen
- taxon author citation
- Zopf
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Rhizoplaca is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. Members of the genus are commonly called rimmed navel lichens because of their umbilicate growth form and lecanorine (rimmed with thallus-like tissue)apothecia, also rock-posy lichen and rockbright.
==Species== , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 17 species of Rhizoplaca: Rhizoplaca arbuscula Rhizoplaca callichroa Rhizoplaca glaucophana Rhizoplaca haydenii Rhizoplaca idahoensis Rhizoplaca melanophthalma Rhizoplaca nigromarginata Rhizoplaca novomexicana Rhizoplaca occulta Rhizoplaca opaca Rhizoplaca ouimetensis Rhizoplaca pachyphylla Rhizoplaca parilis Rhizoplaca polymorpha Rhizoplaca porteri Rhizoplaca shushanii Rhizoplaca weberi
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