Lecidea
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Lecidea is a genus of crustose lichens with a carbon-black ring or outer margin around the fruiting body disc, usually found growing on or in rock. Lichens that have such a black exciple are called le
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Lecideaceae
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The Lecideaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecideales. It contains about 30 genera and roughly 250 species. A major distinguishing characteristic of the family is the lecideine
Lecidea
…Lecidea Lecidea fuscoatra Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Lecanoromycetes Order: Lecideales Family: Lecideaceae Genus: Lecidea Ach. (1803) Type species Lecidea fuscoatra (L.) Ach. (1803) Synonyms Stereonema Kütz. (1836) Sporoacania A.Massal. (1855) Cladopycnidium…
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Microscopy of cross section of K/I-stained Lecidea uniformis apothecium, showing a proper exciple (translucent), hymenium with asci and paraphyses (blue), hypothecium (red-brown), and a thin, light-coloured band of subhymenium between them
The dark-colored apothecia of Lecidea auriculata emerge from cracks in the rock. The presence of this lichen hastens rock breakdown (pedogenesis).
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