''Porpidia'' 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

Lecideaceae The Lecideaceae are a family of lichens in the order Lecideales (Ascomycota, class Lecanoromycetes). Genera According to a recent (2022) estimate, the Lecideaceae comprise 29 genera and about 260 species. The following list indicates the genus ...

Taxonomy

''Porpidia'' 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 ...

by the German lichenologist

Gustav Wilhelm Körber Gustav Wilhelm Körber (10 January 1817, Hirschberg – 27 January 1885, Breslau) was a German lichenologist. He studied natural sciences in Breslau and Berlin, obtaining his PhD in 1839 with the thesis ''De gonidiis lichenum''. After graduati ...

in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated 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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accepts 38 species of ''Porpidia'': *''

Porpidia albocaerulescens ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia cinereoatra ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as th ...

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Porpidia contraponenda ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia crustulata ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia degelii ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as th ...

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Porpidia flavicunda ''Porpidia flavicunda'' is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy The species was described in 1810 by Erik Acharius as ''Lecidea flavicunda''. Since then it has been reclassified a number of times, even at genus lev ...

'' *'' Porpidia flavocruenta'' - Austria, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Iceland, and North America (Alaska) *''

Porpidia grisea ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia hydrophila ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia hypostictica ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

'' – China *''

Porpidia irrigua ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia islandica ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia littoralis ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

'' – Australia *''

Porpidia lowiana ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia macrocarpa ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia melinodes ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia nadvornikiana ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia navarina ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species , ...

'' – Chile *''

Porpidia ochrolemma ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

'' *'' Porpidia pachythallina'' - British Isles *''

Porpidia platycarpoides ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

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Porpidia rugosa ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

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Porpidia shangrila ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

'' – China *'' Porpidia soredizodes'' *''

Porpidia speirea ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

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Porpidia squamosa ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

'' – China *'' Porpidia stephanodes'' *'' Porpidia striata'' - British Isles *''

Porpidia submelinodes ''Porpidia submelinodes'' is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Lecideaceae. Found in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, it was formally described as a new species in 2011 by lichenologists Piotr Os ...

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Porpidia subsimplex ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

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Porpidia superba ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species , ...

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Porpidia thomsonii ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

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Porpidia trullisata ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

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Porpidia tuberculosa ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species , ...

'' *'' Porpidia ulleungdoensis'' –

Ulleungdo Ulleungdo (also spelled Ulreungdo; Hangul: , ) is a South Korean island 120 km (75 mi) east of the Korean Peninsula in the Sea of Japan, formerly known as the Dagelet Island or Argonaut Island in Europe. Volcanic in origin, the rocky s ...

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Porpidia umbonifera ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

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Porpidia vulcanoides ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Species ...

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Porpidia zeoroides ''Porpidia'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Taxonomy ''Porpidia'' was circumscribed by the German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with ''Porpidia trullisata'' designated as the type species. Specie ...

'' In addition, one additional species is accepted by

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Porpidia seakensis ''Porpidia seakensis'' is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecideaceae. It is an endolithic species, meaning it grows inside the rocks, between the grains. Found only in Alaska, it was formally described as a new species in 2020 by ...

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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 ...

References

Lecideales Lecideales genera Lichen genera Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber Taxa described in 1855 {{Lecanoromycetes-stub