Name:		Placolecanora Räsänen, Journal of Japanese Botany 16 (2) (1940) page 90 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Lecanora Ach.
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Lecanoraceae Körb. [Family] Lecanorales Nannf. [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:		Species Placolecanora achariana (A.L. Sm.) Kopach. Placolecanora admontensis (Zahlbr.) Kopach. Placolecanora albescens (Ach.) Mak. Placolecanora albomarginata (Nyl.) Räsänen Placolecanora alphoplaca (Wahlenb.) Räsänen Placolecanora australica Räsänen Placolecanora baicalensis (Zahlbr.) Kopach. Placolecanora baranowii (Poelt) Kopach. Placolecanora bogdoënsis (Tomin) Kopach. Placolecanora bolcana (Pollini) Kopacz. Placolecanora cartilaginea (Westr.) Räsänen Placolecanora chlorophthalma (Poelt & Tomin) Kopach. Placolecanora chrysoleuca (Sm.) Kopachevskaya Placolecanora circinata (Pers.) de Lesd. Placolecanora configurata (Nyl.) Kopacz. Placolecanora crassa (Huds.) de Lesd. Placolecanora crustacea (Savicz) Kopach. Placolecanora demissa (Flotow) Kopacz. Placolecanora dispersoareolata (Schaer.) anon. Placolecanora garovaglii (Körb.) Räsänen Placolecanora hieroglyphica (Poelt) Kopach. Placolecanora kotovii (Oksner) Kopach. Placolecanora kukunorensis (H. Magn.) Kopach. Placolecanora laatokkaënsis (Räsänen) Kopach. Placolecanora laatokkensis (Räsänen) Kopach. Placolecanora liukiuensis Räsänen Placolecanora melanaspis (Ach.) Räsänen Placolecanora melanophthalma (Ram.) Kopachevskaya Placolecanora muralis (Schreb.) Räsänen Placolecanora natalensis Räsänen Placolecanora olivascens (Nyl.) Räsänen ex de Lesd. Placolecanora orbicularis (Schaer.) Kopach. Placolecanora pachyphylla (H. Magn.) N.S. Golubk. Placolecanora peltata (Ramond) Räsänen Placolecanora praeradiosa (Nyl.) Sedeln. Placolecanora pruinifera (Nyl.) Kopach. Placolecanora pruinosa (Chaub.) Kopacz. Placolecanora radiosa (Hoffm.) Räsänen Placolecanora reuteri (Schaer.) Kopach. Placolecanora riparia (Flotow) Kopacz. Placolecanora rubina (Vill.) Savicz Placolecanora sikkimensis Räsänen Placolecanora sphaeroidea (Oksner) Kopach. Placolecanora straminea (Wahlenb. ex Ach.) Räsänen Placolecanora subradiosa (Nyl.) de Lesd. Placolecanora thulensis (Th. Fr.) Kopach. Placolecanora usbekica (Poelt) Kopach. Placolecanora valesiaca (Müll. Arg.) de Lesd. Placolecanora verruculifera (Oksner) Kopach. Placolecanora versicolor (Pers.) Kopacz.
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]