Psoromidium

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Psoromidium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Pannariaceae
Genus: Psoromidium
Stirt. (1877)
Type species
Psoromidium wellingtonii
Stirt. (1877)
Species

P. aleuroides
P. versicolor
P. wellingtonii

Synonyms [1]

Psoromidium is a genus of lichens in the family Pannariaceae. [2] It has three species. The genus was circumscribed by Scottish naturalist James Stirton in 1877, with Psoromidium wellingtonii assigned as the type species. [3]

Species

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References

  1. "Synonymy: Psoromidium Stirt., Proc. Roy. phil. Soc. Glasgow 10: 304 (1877)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. 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 .
  3. Stirton, J. (1877). "On new genera and species of lichens from New Zealand". Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow. 10: 285–306.