''Fuscidea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichens consists of a cor ...

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 In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius. Not every po ...

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. In 1958, he ...

, 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 ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

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Fuscidea appalachensis ''Fuscidea appalachensis'' is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) in the family Fuscideaceae. Found in North America, it was formally described as a new species in 2008 by lichenologist Alan Fryday. The type specimen was collected from top o ...

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Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. The ...

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Fuscidea arboricola ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

'' *'' Fuscidea asbolodes'' *''

Fuscidea austera ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

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Fuscidea australis ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

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Fuscidea coreana ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea cyathoides ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

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Fuscidea elixii ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea extremorientalis ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea fagicola ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea gothoburgensis ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea intercincta ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea kochiana ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea lightfootii ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea lygaea ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea maccarthyi ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea mayrhoferi ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea mollis ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea multispora ''Fuscidea multispora'' is a species of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Fuscideaceae. Found in Bolivia, it is known to occur only in a single high-altitude locality in a national park, where it grows on the leaves of c ...

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Fuscidea muskeg ''Fuscidea muskeg'' is a species of crustose lichen in the family Fuscideaceae. Found in Alaska, it was described as a new species in 2020 by Tor Tønsberg and Martina Zahradníková. The type species was collected in the Hoonah-Angoon Censu ...

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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...

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Fuscidea oceanica ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda Antonín (Toni) Vězda (25 November 1920 – 10 Novem ...

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Fuscidea praeruptorum ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type spec ...

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Fuscidea pusilla ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

'' *'' Fuscidea ramboldioides'' *'' Fuscidea recensa'' *''

Fuscidea scrupulosa ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

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Fuscidea stiriaca ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

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Fuscidea subasbolodes ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

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Fuscidea texana ''Fuscidea texana'' is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Fuscideaceae. Found in the United States, it was formally described as a new species in 2008 by lichenologist Alan Fryday. The type specimen was colle ...

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Fuscidea tropica ''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species ...

References

Umbilicariales Lichen genera Lecanoromycetes genera Taxa described in 1972 Taxa named by Antonín Vězda {{Lecanoromycetes-stub