Name:		Rhizocarpon polycarpum Th. Fr., (1874) page 617
Basionym:		Lecidea confervoides subspecific-rank polycarpa Hepp
Synonym(s):		Catocarpon polycarpum (Hepp) Arnold
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Rhizocarpon Ramond ex DC. [Genus] Rhizocarpaceae M. Choisy ex Hafellner [Family] Rhizocarpales Miądl. et al. [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 Rhizocarpon polycarpum forma dendriticum (Hoffm.) Zahlbr. Rhizocarpon polycarpum forma polycarpum Rhizocarpon polycarpum var. atrobadium (Nyl.) I.M. Lamb Rhizocarpon polycarpum var. dendriticum (Hoffm.) Zahlbr. Rhizocarpon polycarpum var. polycarpum
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 4: 338, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 424
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (13 records)
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]