Name:		Placynthiella Elenkin, Bulletin. Jard. Imp. Bot. St Peters. 9 (1909) page 17 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Micarea Fr. (1825) Saccomorpha Elenkin (1912) Placynthiella Gyeln. (1939)
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Trapeliaceae M. Choisy ex Hertel [Family] Agyriales Clem. & Shear [Order] Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [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 Placynthiella arenicola Elenkin Placynthiella dasaea (Stirt.) Tønsberg Placynthiella uliginosa (Schrad.) Coppins & P. James
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (3 records)
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]