Physcia

Physcia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae.[4] The genus name means "inflated" or "sausage-like", referring to the form of the type species.[5] According to a 2008 estimate, the widespread genus contains 73 species.[6]

Physcia
Physcia millegrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Teloschistales
Family:
Physciaceae
Genus:
Physcia

(Schreb.) Michaux (1803)
Type species
Physcia tenella
(Scop.) DC. (1805)
Synonyms[1]

Lichen sect. Physcia Schreb. (1791)[2]
Physciomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)[3]
Neophyscia M.Choisy (1959)

Species
  • Physcia adscendens – hooded rosette lichen
  • Physcia aipolia – hoary rosette lichen
  • Physcia alba
  • Physcia albata
  • Physcia atrostriata
  • Physcia austrocaesia
  • Physcia austrostellaris
  • Physcia biziana
  • Physcia caesia – blue-gray rosette lichen, powder-back lichen
  • Physcia caesiopsis
  • Physcia cinerea
  • Physcia clementei
  • Physcia convexa
  • Physcia convexella
  • Physcia crispa
  • Physcia dakotensis
  • Physcia decorticata
  • Physcia dimidiata
  • Physcia dubia
  • Physcia erumpens
  • Physcia halei
  • Physcia integrata
  • Physcia jackii
  • Physcia krogiae
  • Physcia littoralis
  • Physcia magnussonii
  • Physcia millegrana – mealy rosette lichen
  • Physcia nashii
  • Physcia neglecta
  • Physcia neonubila
  • Physcia nubila
  • Physcia phaea
  • Physcia poncinsii
  • Physcia pseudospeciosa
  • Physcia rolandii
  • Physcia rolfii
  • Physcia semipinnata
  • Physcia sinuosa
  • Physcia sorediosa
  • Physcia stellaris – star rosette lichen
  • Physcia tenella
  • Physcia tenellula
  • Physcia tretiachii
  • Physcia tribacia
  • Physcia tribacioides
  • Physcia tropica
  • Physcia undulata
  • Physcia verdonii
  • Physcia villosula
  • Physcia vitii
  • Physcia millegrana (apothecia)
  • Physcia millegrana (a foliose lichen), with an unlichenized polypore fungus (bottom right), on a fallen log

References
  1. "Physcia (Schreb.) Michx. 1803". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  2. von Schreber JCD. (1791). Genera Plantarum (in Latin) (8th ed.).
  3. Ciferri R, Tomaselli R (1953). "Saggio di una sistematica micolichenologica". Atti dell'Istituto Botanico della Università e Laboratorio Crittogamico di Pavia. 5 (in Italian). 10 (1): 25–84.
  4. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  5. Dobson, Frank S. (2011). Lichens: An Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish Species. Slough, UK: Richmond Publishing. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-85546-315-1.
  6. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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