Icmadophila
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| Icmadophila | |
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| File:Icmadophila.jpg | |
| Icmadophila ericetorum growing on a rotten log on Meares Island, west coast of Canada. | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Pertusariales |
| Family: | Icmadophilaceae |
| Genus: | Icmadophila Trevis. (1852) |
| Type species | |
| Icmadophila aeruginosa | |
| Species | |
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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
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- ^ Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press: New Haven.
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