Rhizoplaca
| Rhizoplaca | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Lecanoraceae |
| Genus: | Rhizoplaca Zopf |
| Type species | |
| Rhizoplaca opaca (Ach.) Zopf | |
Rhizoplaca is a genus of lichenized fungi in the Lecanoraceae family.[1] Members of the genus are commonly called rimmed navel lichens[2] because of their umbillicate growth form and lecanorine (rimmed with thallus-like tissue)apothecia, also rock-posy lichen and rockbright.[3]:118 The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 11 species.[4]
References
- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58.
- ↑ Results for Common Name Rimmed navel lichen, USDA
- ↑ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 599. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.