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Placopsis

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Placopsis
Placopsis lambii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Baeomycetales
Family: Trapeliaceae
Genus: Placopsis
(Nyl.) Linds. (1866)
Type species
Placopsis gelida
(L.) Linds. (1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Squamarina subgen. Placopsis Nyl. (1861)
  • Placodium sect. Aspiciliopsis Müll. Arg. (1884)
  • Aspiciliopsis (Müll.Arg.) M.Choisy (1929)

Placopsis (bullseye lichen)[2][3] is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trapeliaceae.[4]

Species

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As of August 2022, Species Fungorum (via the Catalog of Life) accepts 29 species of Placopsis.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Placopsis (Nyl.) Linds". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  2. ^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
  3. ^ Bullseye Lichen (Placopsis), Encyclopedia of Life
  4. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  5. ^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Placopsis". Catalog of Life Version 2022-07-12. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ Boluda, Carlos G.; Kitara, Nuru N. (2024). "Placopsis craterifera (Trapeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes), a new lichen species from alpine habitats on Mount Meru, Tanzania". The Lichenologist. 56 (1): 15–20. doi:10.1017/S0024282923000634.