Rhabdodiscus Crassoides
''Rhabdodiscus'' is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has 36 species. Taxonomy The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio in 1921. The species of this genus were previously classified in genus ''Stegobolus'', until molecular phylogenetic analysis showed that ''Stegobolus'' and ''Rhabdodiscus'' formed two separate, distantly related clades. ''Rhabdodiscus'' was formally reinstated in 2012 to contain the formers members of the ''Stegobolus auberianus'' species group. Description ''Rhabdodiscus'' is characterised by having a distinctly carbonized (blackened) apothecia with thin margins that lack a felt-like pruina. In contrast, ''Stegobolus'' species have apothecia that are either uncarbonized to weakly carbonized, and have thick margins with felty pruina on the inner side. Species , Species Fungorum accepts 36 species of ''Rhabdodiscus''. *''Rhabdodiscus albodenticulatus'' *''Rhabdodiscus argentinen ...
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Vain
Vain may refer to: * Vain (horse) (1966–1991), a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse * Vain Stakes, an Australian Thoroughbred horse race * Vain (band), a glam metal band formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1986 * Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VAIN), a medical disorder * Vain, a strange creature who plays an important part in '' The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'' by Stephen Donaldson * ''Vain.'', taxonomic author abbreviation for Edvard August Vainio (1853–1929), Finnish lichenologist See also * Vanity * Vane (other) Vane may refer to: People * Vane (surname) * Vane Featherston (1864–1948), English stage actress * Ivan Vane Ivanović (1913–1999), Yugoslav-British athlete, shipowner, political activist, and philanthropist * Vane Pennell (1876–1938), Eng ...