''Fuscidea'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
crustose lichen
Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...
s in the family
Fuscideaceae
Fuscideaceae is a family of fungi in the order Umbilicariales
The Umbilicariales are an order of lichenized fungi in the subclass Umbilicariomycetidae, class Lecanoromycetes. It contains five families: Elixiaceae, Fuscideaceae, Ophioparmaceae ...
. It has about 40 species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and
Antonín Vězda
Antonín (Toni) Vězda (25 November 1920 – 10 November 2008) was a Czech lichenologist. After completing a university education that was postponed by World War II, Vězda taught botany at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech U ...
, with ''
Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
.
Species
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Fuscidea aleutica''
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Fuscidea appalachensis''
–
Appalachian Mountains
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of Northeastern North America
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Fuscidea arboricola''
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Fuscidea asbolodes''
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Fuscidea austera''
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Fuscidea australis''
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Fuscidea coreana''
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Fuscidea cyathoides''
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Fuscidea elixii''
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Fuscidea extremorientalis''
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Fuscidea fagicola''
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Fuscidea gothoburgensis''
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Fuscidea intercincta''
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Fuscidea kochiana''
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Fuscidea lightfootii''
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Fuscidea lygaea''
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Fuscidea maccarthyi''
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Fuscidea mayrhoferi''
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Fuscidea mollis''
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Fuscidea multispora''
– Bolivia
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Fuscidea muskeg''
–
Alaska
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Fuscidea oceanica''
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Fuscidea praeruptorum''
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Fuscidea pusilla''
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Fuscidea ramboldioides''
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Fuscidea recensa''
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Fuscidea scrupulosa''
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Fuscidea stiriaca''
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Fuscidea subasbolodes''
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Fuscidea texana''
–
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
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Fuscidea tropica''
References
Umbilicariales
Lichen genera
Lecanoromycetes genera
Taxa described in 1972
Taxa named by Antonín Vězda
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