Calycidiaceae

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]

Calycidiaceae
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Calycidiaceae

Elenkin (1929)
Type genus
Calycidium
Stirt. (1877)
Type species
Calycidium cuneatum
Stirt. (1877)
Species

C. cuneatum
C. polycarpum

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-15.


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