Calycidiaceae

Calycidiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Calycidiaceae
Elenkin (1929)
Type genus
Calycidium
Stirt. (1877)
Type species
Calycidium cuneatum
Stirt. (1877)
Species

C. cuneatum
C. polycarpum

The Calycidiaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales.[1] It is a monotypic family, containing the sole genus Calycidium, which contains two species: the type C. cuneatum, known from Australia and New Zealand, and C. polycarpum, found in Argentina, Australia, Chile, and New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 51. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  2. Wedin M. (2002). "The genus Calyddium Stirt." (PDF). Lichenologist. 34 (1): 63–9. doi:10.1006/lich.2001.0372.

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