Name: Polychidium Gray, (1821) page 401
Synonym(s):
Leptogydiomyces
Garovaglia Trevis. (1853)
Pilonema Nyl. (1860)
Leptogidium Nyl. (1873)
Garovaglina Trevis. (1880)
Leptodendriscum Vain. (1890)
Pseudoleptogium Jatta (1900)
Wilsonia Cheel & Dughi (1944)
Leptogidiomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
Status:
Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:
Massalongiaceae Wedin, P.M. Jørg. & Wiklund [Family]
Peltigerales Walt. Waton [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
Polychidium adpressum (Nyl.) Stizenb.
Polychidium albociliatum (Desm.) Zahlbr.
Polychidium amphineum (Nyl.) Trevis.
Polychidium byssinum (Hoffm.) Trevis.
Polychidium centrifugum (Nyl.) Jatta
Polychidium cetrarioides Anzi
Polychidium confusum Henssen
Polychidium contortum Henssen
Polychidium cretaceum (Sm.) Trevis.
Polychidium dactylinum Trevis.
Polychidium dendriscum (Nyl.) Henssen
Polychidium dubia (H. Magn.) Vezda
Polychidium gennarii Bagl.
Polychidium humosum (Nyl.) Trevis.
Polychidium intricatulum (Nyl.) Henssen
Polychidium kalkuense Räsänen
Polychidium lapponica (Ach.) Degel.
Polychidium microphylloides (Nyl.) Trevis.
Polychidium minutissimum (Flörke) Trevis.
Polychidium muscicola (Sw.) Gray
Polychidium polychidioides (Zahlbr.) Henssen
Polychidium polyschides (Mont.) Trevis.
Polychidium pulvinatum (Eitner) R. Sant.
Polychidium pusillum (Nyl.) Trevis.
Polychidium rivale (Tuck.) Fink
Polychidium schraderi (Bernh.) Gray
Polychidium schraderulopsis Wedd.
Polychidium simplex (Davies) Vezda
Polychidium spongiosum (Huds.) Gray
Polychidium stipitatum Vezda & W.A. Weber
Polychidium subtile (Schrad.) Gray
Polychidium tenuissimum (Hoffm.) Gray
Polychidium umhausense (Auersw.) Henss.
Polychidium urceolata (Anzi) anon.
Polychidium velutinum (Ach.) Gray
Cybertruffle Resources:
Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Biological Records Database (1 record)
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]