Name:		Placodium aurantiacum
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 aurantiacum subsp. aurantiacum Placodium aurantiacum subsp. irrubescens (Nyl.) A.L. Sm. Placodium aurantiacum var. aurantiacum Placodium aurantiacum var. flavovirescens (Wulfen) Hepp Placodium aurantiacum var. inalpinum (Ach.) H. Magn. Placodium aurantiacum var. sendaiensis Räsänen
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 74
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Landcare [New Zealand] New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]