Name:		Placodium decipiens
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 decipiens forma compacta Arnold Placodium decipiens forma decipiens Placodium decipiens forma gracilior Mereschk. Placodium decipiens forma laeteaurantiacum Mereschk. Placodium decipiens forma leprosion Arnold Placodium decipiens var. decipiens Placodium decipiens var. sublaevatum Mereschk.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 3: 871, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 227
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]