| Sprucidea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Malmideaceae |
| Genus: | Sprucidea M.Cáceres, Aptroot & Lücking (2017) |
| Type species | |
| Sprucidea rubropenicillata M.Cáceres, Aptroot & Lücking (2017)
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| Species | |
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S. granulosa | |
Sprucidea is a genus of four crustose lichens in the family Malmideaceae.[1] Similar to the related genus Malmidea, Sprucidea is characterized by frequently red thalli that contain the secondary compound norsolorinic acid, but differs in the rod-shaped instead of ellipsoid ascospores and in the stalked sporodochia as conidiomata. Sprucidea species are found in rainforest areas in South America and Southeast Asia.