Placopsis

For the group of anole lizards, see Norops.

Placopsis
Placopsis lambii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Baeomycetales
Family:	Trapeliaceae
Genus:	Placopsis (Nyl.) Linds. (1866)
Type species
Placopsis gelida (L.) Linds. (1866)
Synonyms [1]
Squamarina subgen. PlacopsisNyl. (1861) Placodium sect. Aspiciliopsis Müll. Arg. (1884) Aspiciliopsis(Müll.Arg.) M.Choisy (1929)

Placopsis (bullseye lichen) ^{[2] [3]} is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trapeliaceae. ^[4]

Species

As of August 2022 ^[update] , Species Fungorum (via the Catalog of Life) accepts 29 species of Placopsis. ^[5]

• Placopsis ampliata (I.M.Lamb) D.J.Galloway (2004)
• Placopsis antarctica D.J.Galloway, R.I.L.Sm. & Quilhot (2005)
• Placopsis aspicilioides D.J.Galloway (2004)
• Placopsis bicolor (Tuck.) B.de Lesd. (1931)
• Placopsis brachyloba (Müll.Arg.) I.M.Lamb (1947)
• Placopsis campbelliana Imshaug ex D.J.Galloway (2013)
• Placopsis centrifuga D.J.Galloway (2004)
• Placopsis clavifera (I.M.Lamb) D.J.Galloway (2001)
• Placopsis craterifera Boluda (2024) ^[6] – Tanzania
• Placopsis cribellans (Nyl.) Räsänen (1940)
• Placopsis dennanensis (Zahlbr.) I.M.Lamb ex D.J.Galloway (2001)
• Placopsis durietziorum D.J.Galloway (2004)
• Placopsis elixii D.J.Galloway (2001)
• Placopsis erosa D.J.Galloway (2013)
• Placopsis fusciduloides D.J.Galloway (2005)
• Placopsis gelida (L.) Linds. (1866)
• Placopsis hertelii D.J.Galloway (2004)
• Placopsis illita (C.Knight) I.M.Lamb (1947)
• Placopsis imshaugii D.J.Galloway (2011)
• Placopsis lambii Hertel & V.Wirth (1987)
• Placopsis macrospora D.J.Galloway (2004)
• Placopsis murrayi D.J.Galloway (2004)
• Placopsis parellina (Nyl.) I.M.Lamb (1940)
• Placopsis perrugosa (Nyl.) Nyl. (1867)
• Placopsis polycarpa D.J.Galloway (2004)
• Placopsis pruinosa D.J.Galloway (2004)
• Placopsis rhodocarpa (Nyl.) Nyl. (1861)
• Placopsis rhodophthalma (Müll.Arg.) Räsänen (1932)
• Placopsis stellata (Øvstedal) Henssen (2003)
• Placopsis subcribellans (I.M.Lamb) D.J.Galloway (2002)
• Placopsis venosa Imshaug ex D.J.Galloway (2004)

References

1. "Synonymy: Placopsis (Nyl.) Linds". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
2. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
3. Bullseye Lichen (Placopsis), Encyclopedia of Life
4. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . hdl: 10481/61998 .
5. Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Placopsis". Catalog of Life Version 2022-07-12. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
6. Boluda, Carlos G.; Kitara, Nuru N. (2024). "Placopsis craterifera (Trapeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes), a new lichen species from alpine habitats on Mount Meru, Tanzania". The Lichenologist. 56 (1): 15–20. doi:10.1017/S0024282923000634.