Name:		Placodium pyraceum Anzi
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Placodium Weber ex F.H. Wigg. [Genus] Teloschistaceae Zahlbr. [Family] Teloschistales D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Placodium pyraceum forma confluens (A. Massal.) Szatala Placodium pyraceum forma pyraceum Placodium pyraceum forma rubescens (Malbr.) Szatala Placodium pyraceum forma submersum (Nyl.) A.L. Sm. Placodium pyraceum var. holocarpum (Hoffm.) Anzi Placodium pyraceum var. lacteum (A. Massal.) A.L. Sm. Placodium pyraceum var. muscicola (Schaer.) Szatala Placodium pyraceum var. muscicolum (Schaer.) Szatala Placodium pyraceum var. pyraceum Placodium pyraceum var. pyrithromum (Ach.) A.L. Sm.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 170
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]