''Phaeocalicium'' 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
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
Mycocaliciaceae
The Mycocaliciaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Mycocaliciales, comprising seven genera and approximately 90 species. Originally proposed in 1970 by Alexander Schmidt, the family is characterised by immersed thallus, thal ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
in 1970 by German lichenologist Alexander Schmidt, with ''
Phaeocalicium praecedens'' assigned as the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, 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 spe ...
.
Species
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Phaeocalicium ahtii''
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Phaeocalicium asciiforme''
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Phaeocalicium atenitikon''
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Phaeocalicium betulinum''
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Phaeocalicium boreale''
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Phaeocalicium compressulum''
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Phaeocalicium curtisii''
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Phaeocalicium flabelliforme''
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Phaeocalicium fuegensis''
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Phaeocalicium gracile''
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Phaeocalicium interruptum''
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Phaeocalicium matthewsianum''
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Phaeocalicium mildeanum''
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Phaeocalicium minutissimum''
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Phaeocalicium pinaceum''
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Phaeocalicium polyporaeum''
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Phaeocalicium populneum''
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Phaeocalicium praecedens''
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Phaeocalicium tibellii''
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Phaeocalicium tibetanicum''
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Phaeocalicium tremulicola''
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Phaeocalicium triseptatum''
References
Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1970
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