Rhizocarpon

Rhizocarpon
Rhizocarpon geographicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Rhizocarpales
Family: Rhizocarpaceae
Genus: Rhizocarpon
Ramond ex DC. (1805)
Type species
Rhizocarpon geographicum
(L.) DC. (1805)
Species

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Synonyms[1]
List
  • Buellia sect. Catocarpus Körb. (1855)
  • Catillariopsis (Stein) M.Choisy (1950)
  • Catocarpus (Körb.) Arnold (1871)
  • Catocarpus sect. Catillariopsis Stein (1879)
  • Cormothecium A.Massal. (1854)
  • Diphaeis Clem. (1909)
  • Diphanis Clem. (1909)
  • Lepidoma Link (1809)
  • Phalodictyum Clem. (1909)
  • Rehmia Kremp. (1861)
  • Rhizocarponomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)

Rhizocarpon is a genus of crustose, saxicolous (or sometimes lichenicolous), lecideoid lichens in the family Rhizocarpaceae. The genus is common in arctic-alpine environments, but also occurs throughout temperate, subtropical, and even tropical regions. They are commonly known as map lichens because of the prothallus forming border-like bands between colonies in some species, like the common map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum).

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