Nome:		Lecothecium Trevis., Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. 3 (1851) página 457, 460 [basiônimo]
Nome aceito:		Placynthium (Ach.) Gray
Categoria:		Gênero, líquen
Posição taxonômica:		Placynthiaceae Å.E. Dahl [Família] Peltigerales Walt. Waton [Ordem] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclasse] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Classe] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivisão / Subfilo] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Divisão / Filo] Fungi R.T. Moore [Reino]
Táxons constituintes:		Espécies Lecothecium acutius (Nyl.) Blomb. & Forssell Lecothecium adglutinatum Anzi Lecothecium asperellum (Ach.) Th. Fr. Lecothecium caesium (Ach.) Syd. Lecothecium conferciens (Nyl.) Blomb. & Forssell Lecothecium controversum Anzi Lecothecium corallinoides (Schaer.) Körb. Lecothecium coralloides (Schaer.) Körb. Lecothecium dolichoterum (Nyl.) Blomb. & Forssell Lecothecium inspersum Lecothecium nigrum (Huds.) A. Massal. Lecothecium pannariellum (Nyl.) Blomb. & Forssell Lecothecium paunariellum Lecothecium pennimm Lecothecium penninum (Schaer.) Arnold Lecothecium pluriseptatum Arnold Lecothecium radiosum Anzi Lecothecium rosulans Th. Fr. Lecothecium rudetum (Ach.) Blomb. & Forssell Lecothecium subradiatum (Nyl.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Lecothecium tremniacum (A. Massal.) Körb.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index [English language only]
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google imagens IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]