Lopadium (commonly known as the granular lichen) is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the monotypic family Lopadiaceae, which is in the order Lecideales. The genus contains 10 species.[1] Lopadium was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855.[2]
| Lopadium | |
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| Lopadium disciforme | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecideales |
| Family: | Lopadiaceae Hafellner (1984) |
| Genus: | Lopadium Körb. (1855) |
| Type species | |
| Lopadium pezizoideum (Ach.) Körb. (1855)
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| Species | |
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L. brisbanense | |
According to Alan Fryday and colleagues in the Revisions of British and Irish Lichens series, "It seems clear that Lopadiaceae does not belong in Lecideales but its true systematic position is unclear."[3]
Species
edit- Lopadium brisbanense (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1926)
- Lopadium coralloideum (Nyl.) Lynge (1940)
- Lopadium disciforme (Flot.) Kullh. (1871)
- Lopadium hepaticicola Döbbeler, Poelt & Vězda (1985)[4]
- Lopadium lecanorellum A.Massal. (1860)
- Lopadium nigrum (D.D.Awasthi) Kr.P.Singh & G.P.Sinha (2010)
- Lopadium patwardhanii (Chitale & Makhija) Kr.P.Singh & G.P.Sinha (2010)
- Lopadium pezizoideum (Ach.) Körb. (1855)
- Lopadium pulchrum (Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr. (1926)
- Lopadium subcoralloideum Kalb & Aptroot (2017)[5]
References
edit- ^ 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:11336/151990.
- ^ Körber, G.W. (1855). Systema lichenum Germaniae (in German). p. 210.
- ^ Fryday, A.; Cannon, P.; Coppins, B.; Aptroot, A.; Sanderson, A.; Simkin, J. (2024). Lecideales, including Amygdalaria, Bellemerea, Bryobilimbia, Cecidonia, Clauzadea, Farnoldia, Immersaria, Koerberiella, Lecidea, Lecidoma, Porpidia, Porpidinia and Romjularia (Lecideaeae) and Lopadium (Lopadiaceae) (PDF). Revisions of British and Irish Lichens. Vol. 40. p. 45.
- ^ Döbbeler, P.; Poelt, J.; Vězda, A. (1985). "Lopadium hepaticola spec. nov. ein moosparasitisches echtes Lopadium von der Südhalbkugel". Herzogia (in German). 7 (1–2): 81–91. doi:10.1127/herzogia/7/1985/81. S2CID 249718871.
- ^ Kalb, K.; Aptroot, A. (2017). "Lichenes Neotropici Fasc. XVI". Lichenes Neotropici. 16: 1–12.
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