Name:		Placodium aurantium Vain.
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 aurantium forma aurantium Placodium aurantium forma centrifugum (A. Massal.) de Lesd. Placodium aurantium forma centroleucum (A. Massal.) de Lesd. Placodium aurantium forma diffractum de Lesd. Placodium aurantium forma radiatum de Lesd. Placodium aurantium forma sulfuratum (Harm.) de Lesd.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 213
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]