''Heterodermia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...
ized
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Physciaceae
The Physciaceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. A 2016 estimate placed 19 genera and 601 species in the family.
Description
The Physiaceae family includes various ...
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The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...
regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright leaf lichens with a bearing diameter of up to 10 centimeters. Their top is pale greenish, whitish or pale greyish, many species are ciliolate on the edge. The underside is white, tan or orange with pale or dark rhizines.
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Lichenoverruculina
''Lichenoverruculina'' is a fungal genus in the family Hyponectriaceae and order Amphisphaeriales. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Lichenoverruculina sigmatospora''. which was published in Herzogia vol.24 (2) on page 27 ...
'' is
lichenicolous (a parasitic fungus that only lives on lichen as the host) and is found under the
thallus
Thallus (: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. A thallus usually names the entir ...
of various ''Heterodermia'' species.
Distribution
The genus ''Heterodermia'' has about 80 species a large area of distribution, especially in the tropics.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Kingdom (biology), kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partn ...
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Heterodermia andina''
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Heterodermia angustiloba''
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Heterodermia antillarum''
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Heterodermia archeri
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia arvidssonii''
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Heterodermia badia''
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Heterodermia barbifera''
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Heterodermia comosa
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia coralloides
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia corcovadensis
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia diademata
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia dissecta
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia domingensis
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia erecta
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia erinacea
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia fragmentata
''Heterodermia fragmentata'' is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) foliose lichen in the family Physciaceae. It occurs in Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy
''Heterodermia fragmentata'' was formally described and published by lichenologists Gothamie We ...
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Heterodermia galactophylla
''Heterodermia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 80 species.
Description
''Heterodermia'' are subterranean or almost upright le ...
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Heterodermia himalayena''
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Heterodermia hybocarponica''
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Heterodermia isidiophora''
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Heterodermia isidiophorella''
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Heterodermia kalbii''
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Heterodermia koyana''
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Heterodermia koyanoides''
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Heterodermia langdoniana''
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Heterodermia mobergiana''
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Heterodermia neocomosa''
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Heterodermia neoleucomelaena''
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Heterodermia obscurata''
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Heterodermia orientalis''
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Heterodermia parva''
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Heterodermia pindurae''
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Heterodermia podocarpa''
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Heterodermia pseudospeciosa''
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Heterodermia queensberryi''
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Heterodermia ramosociliata''
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Heterodermia rubrotricha''
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Heterodermia sinocomosa''
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Heterodermia sorediosa''
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Heterodermia speciosa''
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Heterodermia subcitrina''
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Heterodermia subcomosa''
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Heterodermia tabularis''
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Heterodermia tasmanica''
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Heterodermia upretii''
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Heterodermia urtasuni''
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Heterodermia velata''
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Heterodermia verdonii''
Former species (all still placed within the Physciaceae family);
* ''H. albicans'' = ''
Polyblastidium albicans''
* ''H. appalachensis'' = ''
Leucodermia appalachensis''
* ''H. appendiculata'' = ''
Polyblastidium appendiculatum''
* ''H. aquila'' = ''
Kurokawia runcinata''
* ''H. aquila'' var. ''stippaea'' = ''
Kurokawia stippaea''
* ''H. arsenei'' = ''
Leucodermia arsenei''
* ''H. arsenei'' = ''Leucodermia arsenei''
* ''H. boryi'' = ''
Leucodermia boryi''
* ''H. boryi'' f. ''circinalis'' = ''
Leucodermia circinalis''
* ''H. casarettiana'' = ''
Polyblastidium casarettianum''
* ''H. chilensis'' = ''
Polyblastidium chilense''
* ''H. ciliatomarginata'' = ''
Leucodermia ciliatomarginata''
* ''H. circinalis'' = ''Leucodermia circinalis''
* ''H. corallophora'' = ''
Polyblastidium corallophorum''
* ''H. crocea'' = ''
Klauskalbia crocea''
* ''H. dendritica'' = ''
Polyblastidium dendriticum''
* ''H. dendritica'' var. ''propagulifera'' = ''
Polyblastidium propaguliferum''
* ''H. desertorum'' = ''
Kashiwadia nubila''
* ''H. diademata'' var. ''koyana'' = ''Heterodermia koyana''
* ''H. dissecta'' var. ''koyana'' = ''Heterodermia koyana''
* ''H. fertilis'' = ''
Leucodermia fertilis''
* ''H. flabellata'' = ''
Klauskalbia flabellata''
* ''H. flabellata'' var. ''corcovadensis'' = ''Heterodermia corcovadensis''
* ''H. fragilissima'' = ''
Polyblastidium fragilissimum''
* ''H. hypocaesia'' = ''
Polyblastidium hypocaesium''
* ''H. hypoleuca'' = ''
Polyblastidium hypoleucum''
* ''H. hypoleuca'' var. ''divergens'' = ''
Polyblastidium hypoleucum''
* ''H. isidiophora'' sensu auct. brit., non = ''Heterodermia speciosa''
* ''H. isidiophora'' var. ''coralligera'' = ''Heterodermia isidiophora''
* ''H. japonica'' sensu auct. brit. = ''Heterodermia obscurata''
* ''H. japonica'' = ''
Polyblastidium japonicum''
* ''H. japonica'' var. ''reagens'' = ''
Polyblastidium propaguliferum''
* ''H. leucomelos'' = ''
Leucodermia leucomelos''
* ''H. leucomelos'' f. ''albociliata'' = ''Leucodermia leucomelos''
* ''H. leucomelos'' subsp. ''boryi'' = ''
Leucodermia boryi''
* ''H. lutescens'' = ''
Leucodermia lutescens''
* ''H. magellanica'' = ''
Polyblastidium magellanicum''
* ''H. major'' = ''Heterodermia diademata''
* ''H. microphylla'' = ''
Polyblastidium microphyllum''
* ''H. neglecta'' = ''
Polyblastidium neglectum''
* ''H. neoleucomelaena'' f. ''circinalis'' = ''
Leucodermia circinalis''
* ''H. obscurata'' sensu auct. brit., non = ''
Polyblastidium japonicum''
* ''H. paradoxa'' = ''
Klauskalbia paradoxa''
* ''H. propagulifera'' sensu auct. brit., = ''Heterodermia obscurata''
* ''H. propagulifera'' = ''
Polyblastidium propaguliferum''
* ''H. queenslandica'' = ''
Polyblastidium queenslandicum''
* ''H. reagens'' = ''
Polyblastidium propaguliferum''
* ''H. speciosa'' f. ''isidiophora'' = ''Heterodermia isidiophora''
* ''H. speciosa'' var. ''domingensis'' = ''Heterodermia domingensis''
* ''H. speciosa'' var. ''isidiophora'' = ''Heterodermia isidiophora''
* ''H. speciosa'' var. ''obscurata'' = ''Heterodermia obscurata''
* ''H. squamulosa'' = ''
Polyblastidium squamulosum''
* ''H. subneglecta'' = ''
Polyblastidium subneglectum''
* ''H. togashii'' = ''
Polyblastidium togashii''
* ''H. violostriata'' = ''
Polyblastidium violostriatum''
* ''H. vulgaris'' = ''
Leucodermia vulgaris''
References
Caliciales genera
Caliciales
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon
Taxa described in 1868
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