''Fuscidea'' is a
genus of
crustose lichens 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.
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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.
Species
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Fuscidea aleutica''
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Fuscidea appalachensis''
–
Appalachian Mountains 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
''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''
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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
''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''
– Bolivia
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Fuscidea muskeg''
–
Alaska
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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''
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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
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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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