Name:		Placodium variabile Hepp
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 variabile var. albescens (Müll. Arg.) Szatala Placodium variabile var. candidum (Stizenb.) Szatala Placodium variabile var. continuum (Harm.) Szatala Placodium variabile var. ecrustaceum (Nyl.) Nyl. Placodium variabile var. fuscum (A. Massal.) Szatala Placodium variabile var. granulosum (Arnold) Szatala Placodium variabile var. lecideinum (Müll. Arg.) Szatala Placodium variabile var. ochraceum (Müll. Arg.) Szatala Placodium variabile var. variabile
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 192
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]