Name:		Ascidium Fée, (1825) page xlii, 96 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Ocellularia G. Mey.
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Thelotremataceae (Nyl.) Stizenb. [Family] Ostropales Nannf. [Order] Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [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:		Species Ascidium albogilvum Kremp. Ascidium attenuatum C. Knight Ascidium carnosulum Kremp. Ascidium chonestomum Leight. Ascidium cinchonarum Fée Ascidium confluens Kremp. Ascidium croceum Kremp. Ascidium depressum (Mont.) Nyl. Ascidium dignitosum Kremp. Ascidium discolor (Ach.) Nyl. Ascidium domiugense Ascidium elatius Stirt. Ascidium exsertum Stirt. Ascidium grande Kremp. Ascidium granuliferum Kremp. Ascidium granulosum Leight. Ascidium interponendum Nyl. Ascidium interpositum Nyl. Ascidium isidiophorum Kremp. Ascidium majorinum Nyl. Ascidium manosporum C. Knight Ascidium massalongi Mont. Ascidium massalongii Ascidium melanosporum C. Knight Ascidium melanostomum Kremp. Ascidium monobactrium Nyl. Ascidium octoloculare C. Knight Ascidium orthomastium Kremp. Ascidium pachystomum Leight. Ascidium pertusariaeforme (Leight.) Kremp. Ascidium phaeotropum Kremp. Ascidium pomiforme Kremp. Ascidium postpositum Nyl. Ascidium profundum Stirt. Ascidium punctulatum Ascidium pustulatum Leight. Ascidium rhabdosporum Nyl. Ascidium rhodostroma Mont. Ascidium thelotremoides Leight. Ascidium triglyphicum Kremp. Ascidium xanthostroma (Nyl.) Nyl. Ascidium xanthostromizum Nyl.
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]