Rhizoplaca

Rhizoplaca
Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Rhizoplaca
Zopf
Type species
Rhizoplaca opaca
(Ach.) Zopf
Species

R. aspidophora[1]
R. bullata[1]
R. cerebriformis[1]
R. chrysoleuca[1]
R. cylindrica[1]
R. haydenii[1]
R. huashanensis[1]
R. idahoensis[1]
R. macleanii[1]
R. melanophthalma[1]
R. occulta[1]
R. parilis[1]
R. peltata[1]
R. polymorpha[1]
R. porterii[1]
R. shushanii[1]
R. subdiscrepans[1]
R. subidahoensis[1]

Rhizoplaca is a genus of lichenized fungi in the Lecanoraceae family.[2] Members of the genus are commonly called rimmed navel lichens[3] because of their umbillicate growth form and lecanorine (rimmed with thallus-like tissue)apothecia, also rock-posy lichen and rockbright.[4]:118 The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 11 species.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Rimmed Navel Lichen - Rhizoplaca - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
  2. ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  3. ↑ Results for Common Name Rimmed navel lichen, USDA
  4. ↑ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  5. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 599. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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