Leptochidium

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Leptochidium
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Leptochidium albociliatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Massalongiaceae
Genus: Leptochidium
M.Choisy (1952)
Type species
Leptochidium albociliatum
(Desm.) M.Choisy (1952)
Species

L. albociliatum
L. crenatulum

Leptochidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Massalongiaceae. [1] It has two species:

The genus was circumscribed by French lichenologist Maurice Choisy in 1952. [2] Leptochidium remained monotypic until 2006, when Per Magnus Jørgensen transferred into it a species originally named Leptogium rivulare var. crenatulum by William Nylander. [3]

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References

  1. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2 .
  2. Choisy, M. (1952). "Catalogue des lichens de la region lyonnaise. Fasc. 9". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (in French). 21: 165–180. doi:10.3406/linly.1952.7511.
  3. Jørgensen, P.M. (2006). "Leptochidium crenulatum, a misunderstood arctic-alpine lichen". Graphis Scripta. 18: 19–22.