''Sarcosagium'' 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
Thelocarpaceae
Thelocarpaceae is the sole family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Thelocarpales. The family contains two genera, '' Sarcosagium'' and '' Thelocarpon''. The family was circumscribed by lichenologist Hugo Zukal in 1893, while the order was pr ...
. It contains two species: ''
Sarcosagium biatorellum'' and ''
Sarcosagium campestre''.
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Ascomycota genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1856
Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
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