Calicium
| Calicium | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Calicium viride | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Calicium Pers. |
| Type species | |
| Calicium viride Pers. | |
Calicium is a genus of leprose lichen lichens.[1]:234 It is in the family Caliciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 30 species.[2]
The sexual reproduction structures are a mass of loose ascospores that are enclosed by a cup shaped exciple sitting on top of a tiny stalk, having the appearance of a dressmaker's pin (called a mazaedium), hence the common name pin lichen.[1]:15 They are also commonly called stubble lichens.[1]:234
They have been used as indicator species for old growth redwood forests.[1]:234
Selected species
- Calicium abietinum
- Calicium chlorosporum
- Calicium glaucellum
- Calicium laevigatum
- Calicium lenticulare
- Calicium robustellum
- Calicium salicinum
- Calicium sequoiae
- Calicium tricolor
- Calicium victorianum
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