Fuscidea

Fuscidea is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Fuscideaceae. It has about 40 species. The genus was circumscribed in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and Antonín Vězda, with Fuscidea aggregatilis assigned as the type species.

Fuscidea
Fuscidea cyathoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Umbilicariales
Family: Fuscideaceae
Genus: Fuscidea
V.Wirth & Vèzda (1972)
Type species
Fuscidea aggregatilis
(Grummann) V.Wirth & Vězda (1972)
Synonyms
  • Biatorinella Deschâtres & Werner (1974)
  • Fuscidea V.Wirth & Vězda (1972)
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