Name:		Placodium saxicola Frege
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 saxicola forma lignicola J.J. Kickx Placodium saxicola forma riparium Flot. Placodium saxicola forma saxicola Placodium saxicola var. albescens (Hoffm.) Flot. Placodium saxicola var. compactum Körb. Placodium saxicola var. galactinum (Ach.) Flot. Placodium saxicola var. lofotensis Norman Placodium saxicola var. pachylepideum Hellb. Placodium saxicola var. saxicola Placodium saxicola var. versicolor (Pers.) Sw.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 5: 635, Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 8: 544
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]