Lecidea

Lecidea
Lecidea fuscoatra
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecideales
Family: Lecideaceae
Genus: Lecidea
Ach. (1803)
Type species
Lecidea fuscoatra
(L.) Ach. (1803)
Synonyms
  • Stereonema Kütz. (1836)
  • Sporoacania A.Massal. (1855)
  • Cladopycnidium H.Magn. (1940)
  • Lecideomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Nothoporpidia Hertel (1984)
  • Zosterodiscus Hertel (1984)

Lecidea is a genus of crustose lichens with a carbon-black ring or outer margin (exciple) around the fruiting body disc (apothecium), usually (or always) found growing on (saxicolous) or in (endolithic) rock.: 298  Lichens that have such a black exciple are called lecideine, meaning "like Lecidea, even if they are not in this genus.: 14  Members of the genus are commonly called disk lichens or tile lichens.: 298 

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