Leioderma

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Leioderma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Pannariaceae
Genus: Leioderma
Nyl. (1888)
Type species
Leioderma pycnophorum
Nyl. (1888)

Leioderma is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pannariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1888. He assigned Leioderma pycnophorum as the type species.[1]

Species[edit]

As of May 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts nine species of Leioderma:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nylander, W. (1888). Lichenes Novae Zelandiae (in Latin). Paris: Paul Schmidt. pp. 47–48.
  2. ^ "Leioderma Nyl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Galloway, D.J.; Jørgensen, P.M. (1987). "Studies in the lichen family Pannariaceae II. The genus Leioderma Nyl". The Lichenologist. 19 (4): 345–400.
  4. ^ Jørgensen, Per Magnus; Tønsberg, Tor (2005). "Leioderma cherokeense (Pannariaceae, Lecanorales) sp. nov. from the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, U.S.A.". The Bryologist. 108 (3): 412–414. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2005)108[0412:LCPLSN]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20061120.
  5. ^ Jørgensen, P.M.; Arvidsson, L. (2004). "The lichen family Pannariaceae in Ecuador". Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 34 (1): 113–132.