| Lecidea | |
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| Lecidea fuscoatra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecideales |
| Family: | Lecideaceae |
| Genus: | Lecidea Ach. (1803) |
| Type species | |
| Lecidea fuscoatra (L.) Ach. (1803) | |
| Synonyms | |
Lecidea is a genus of crustose lichens with a carbon-black ring or outer margin (exciple) around the fruiting body disc (apothecium), usually (or always) found growing on (saxicolous) or in (endolithic) rock. Lichens that have such a black exciple are called lecideine, meaning "like Lecidea, even if they are not in this genus. Members of the genus are commonly called disk lichens or tile lichens.
Selected species
Main article: List of Lecidea speciesAccording to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains an estimated 427 species.
References
- "Lecidea Ach. 1803". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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