Name:		Placidium hepaticum Arnold
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Placidium A. Massal. [Genus] Verrucariaceae Zenker [Family] Verrucariales Mattick ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Chaetothyriomycetidae Doweld [Subclass] Eurotiomycetes 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 Placidium hepaticum forma hepaticum Placidium hepaticum forma nigratum (Müll. Arg.) Szatala Placidium hepaticum var. hepaticum Placidium hepaticum var. pruinosum de Lesd. Placidium hepaticum var. reticulatum de Lesd.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 1: 217
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]