Polychidium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Peltigerineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Peltigerales Subordo: Peltigerineae

Familia: Massalongiaceae
Genus: Polychidium
Species: P. contortum – P. dendriscum – P. muscicola – P. stipitatum

Name

Polychidium (Ach.) Gray, 1821

Family: Massalongiaceae

Type species: Polychidium muscicola (Sw.) Gray, 1821

Life habit: Lichenized

References

Primary references

• Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 401 (1821)

• Gray, S.F. (1821) A Natural Arrangement of British Plants according to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown etc. with an Introduction to Botany. - London. pp.   **[Mattick Rec.# 33160] - (Recent Literature on Lichens - Mattick No.)**

Additional references

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Polychidium (pp. 579-580) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

• Coppins, B.J. and James, P.W. (1992) Polychidium (Ach.) Gray 1821 (pp. 486-487) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.   **[RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

• Ryan, B.D. and Schultz, M. (2002) Polychidium (pp. 401-402) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.   **[RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23107] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Links

• USDA Plants Database

• Genus Record Details

• MycoBank

Vernacular names

English: Woollybear lichens,   Polychidium lichens