Piccolia | |
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Piccolia nannaria growing on the bark of red maple | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | incertae sedis |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Piccolia A.Massal. (1864) |
Type species | |
Piccolia crocea (Spreng.) A.Massal. (1856)
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Species | |
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Piccolia is a small genus of crustose lichens in the class Lecanoromycetes.[1][2] First circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1864, it contains ten species.[2][3] Due to a lack of molecular data, it has not been assigned to an order or family.[1][2]