Polyblastidium japonicum

Polyblastidium japonicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Caliciales
Family:	Physciaceae
Genus:	Polyblastidium
Species:	P. japonicum
Binomial name
Polyblastidium japonicum (M.Satô) Kalb (2015)
Synonyms [1]
List Anaptychia dendritica var. japonicaM.Satô (1936) Anaptychia japonica(M.Satô) Kurok. (1962) Heterodermia japonica(M.Satô) Swinscow & Krog (1976) Physcia speciosa f. sorediifera Müll.Arg. (1884) Physcia hypoleuca var. sorediifera(Müll.Arg.) Stizenb. (1890) Pseudophyscia speciosa f. sorediifera(Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. (1893) Pseudophyscia hypoleuca f. sorediifera(Müll.Arg.) Hue (1899) Parmelia hypoleuca var. sorediifera(Müll.Arg.) Jatta (1902) Anaptychia sorediifera(Müll.Arg.) Du Rietz & Lynge (1924) Anaptychia speciosa f. sorediifera(Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr. (1931) Anaptychia hypoleuca var. sorediifera(Müll.Arg.) Vain. (1931)

Polyblastidium japonicum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Physciaceae. ^[2] It is found in Japan.

Taxonomy

The species was first scientifically described in 1936 by the Japanese lichenologist Masami Satô, who considered it as a variety of what was then known as Anaptychia dendritica . ^[3] Syo Kurokawa promoted it to full species status in 1962. ^[4] It was transferred to the newly circumscribed genus Polyblastidium in 2015 by Klaus Kalb. ^[5]

References

1. "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Polyblastidium japonicum (M. Satô) Kalb, in Mongkolsuk, Meesim, Poengsungnoen, Buaruang, Schumm & Kalb, Phytotaxa 235(1): 43 (2015)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
2. "Polyblastidium japonicum (M. Satô) Kalb". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
3. Satô, M.M. (1936). "Enumeratio Lichenum Isl. Formosae (I)". The Journal of Japanese Botany. 12 (6): 426–432. doi: 10.51033/jjapbot.12_6_1752 .
4. Kurokawa, Syo (1962). A Monograph of the Genus Anaptychia. Weinheim: J. Cramer. p. 58.
5. Mongkolsuk, Pachara; Meesim, Sanya; Poengsungnoen, Vasun; Buaruang, Kawinnat; Schumm, Felix; Kalb, Klaus (2015). "The lichen family Physciaceae in Thailand—II. Contributions to the genus Heterodermia sensu lato". Phytotaxa. 235 (1): 1–66. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.235.1.1.