Icmadophila

Icmadophila
Icmadophila ericetorum growing on a rotten log on Meares Island, west coast of Canada.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Icmadophilaceae
Genus: Icmadophila
Trevis. (1852)
Type species
Icmadophila aeruginosa
(Scop.) Trevis. (1852)
Species

I. adversum
I. aversa
I. coronata
I. elveloides
I. ericetorum
I. splachnirima

Synonyms[1]

Icmadophila is a genus of crustose lichen. The genus has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and contains six species.[2] The only species found in North America, Icmadophila ericetorum, has a mint green crustose thallus that is dotted with bright pink apothecial disks, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as "fairy puke".[3] It aggressively grows over mosses on well-rotted wood and peat.[4] It looks very distinctive, but may be confused with species of Dibaeis.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Species Fungorum synonymy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Vitt, D, J Marsh, and R Bovey. 1994. Mosses, lichens, and ferns of northwest North America. Lone Pine Publishing.
  4. ^ Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press: New Haven.