| Phaeocalicium | |
|---|---|
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| Phaeocalicium polyporaeum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Mycocaliciales |
| Family: | Mycocaliciaceae |
| Genus: | Phaeocalicium A.F.W.Schmidt (1970) |
| Type species | |
| Phaeocalicium praecedens (Nyl.) A.F.W.Schmidt (1970) | |
Phaeocalicium is a genus of fungi in the family Mycocaliciaceae. [1] The genus was circumscribed in 1970 by German lichenologist Alexander Schmidt, with Phaeocalicium praecedens assigned as the type species. [2]