Placynthiella

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Home Fungi ascomycota lecanoromycetes agyriales agyriaceae Placynthiella

Elenkin

1909

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Placynthiella is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Trapeliaceae. The genus has a complex naming history involving multiple independent descriptions by different scientists between 1909 and 1939, with the current accepted name dating to the earliest valid publication by Alexander Elenkin. These lichens form thin, dark green-brown crusts that blend closely with their growing surfaces, making them challenging to spot in the field on acidic soils, decaying wood, and bark. The genus is distinguished from similar lichen groups by its distinctive brown, brick-like fruiting body margins and branched internal structures that end in dark, swollen tips. ...read more on Wikipedia.