Biology:Icmadophila
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Short description: Genus of fungi
| Icmadophila | |
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| Icmadophila ericetorum growing on a rotten log on Meares Island, west coast of Canada. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Pertusariales |
| Family: | Icmadophilaceae |
| Genus: | Icmadophila Trevis. (1852) |
| Type species | |
| Icmadophila aeruginosa | |
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I. adversum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Icmadophila is a genus of crustose lichen. The genus has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and contains six species.[2] The only species found in North America, Icmadophila ericetorum, has a mint green crustose thallus that is dotted with bright pink apothecial disks, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as "fairy puke".[3] It aggressively grows over mosses on well-rotted wood and peat.[4] It looks very distinctive, but may be confused with species of Dibaeis.
References
- ↑ "Synonymy. Current Name: Icmadophila Trevis., Revta Period. Lav. Imp. Reale Acad., Padova 1(3): 267 (1852) [1851-52"]. Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=2479.
- ↑ Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ↑ Vitt, D, J Marsh, and R Bovey. 1994. Mosses, lichens, and ferns of northwest North America. Lone Pine Publishing.
- ↑ Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press: New Haven.
Wikidata ☰ Q5986548 entry
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