Name:		Porpidia Körb., (1855) page 221 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Amygdalaria Norman (1852) Huilia Zahlbr. (1930) Haplocarpon M. Choisy (1936)
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Porpidiaceae Hertel & Hafellner [Family] Lecideales Vain. [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 Porpidia aeolotera (Vain.) Hertel Porpidia afromontana Brusse Porpidia albocaerulescens (Wulfen) Hertel & Knoph Porpidia athroocarpa (Ach.) Hertel & Rambold Porpidia austroshetlandica Hertel Porpidia calcarea Gowan Porpidia carlottiana Gowan Porpidia chungii (Zahlbr.) Hertel Porpidia cinereoatra (Ach.) Hertel & Knoph Porpidia confluenta Fryday Porpidia contraponenda (Arnold) Knoph & Hertel Porpidia corralensis (Räsänen) Brusse Porpidia crustulata (Ach.) Hertel & Knoph Porpidia diversa (J. Lowe) Gowan Porpidia flavicunda (Ach.) Gowan Porpidia flavocaerulescens (Hornem.) Hertel & A.J. Schwab Porpidia flavocoerulescens (Hornem.) Hertel & A.J. Schwab Porpidia flavocruenta Fryday Porpidia glaucophaea (Körb.) Hertel & Knoph Porpidia grisea Gowan Porpidia herteliana Gowan Porpidia hydrophila (Fr.) Hertel & A.J. Schwab Porpidia islandica Fryday Porpidia lowiana Gowan Porpidia macrocarpa (DC.) Hertel & A.J. Schwab Porpidia melinodes (Körb.) Gowan & Ahti Porpidia musiva (Körb.) Hertel & Knoph Porpidia nadvornikiana (Vězda) Hertel Porpidia nigrocruenta (Anzi) Diederich & Sérus. Porpidia ochrolemma (Vain.) Brodo & R. Sant. Porpidia pachythallina Fryday Porpidia platycarpoides (Bagl.) Hertel Porpidia pseudocrustulata Hertel Porpidia pseudomelinodes A.J. Schwab Porpidia rugosa (Taylor) Coppins & Fryday Porpidia skottsbergiana Hertel Porpidia soredizodes (Lamy ex Nyl.) Knoph, Hertel & Rambold Porpidia soredizoides (Lamy) A.J. Schwab Porpidia speirea (Ach.) Kremp. Porpidia stephanodes (Stirt.) Hertel Porpidia stipata Kremp. Porpidia striata Fryday Porpidia superba (Körb.) Hertel & Knoph Porpidia tahawasiana Gowan Porpidia thomsonii Gowan Porpidia trullisata Porpidia tuberculosa (Sm.) Hertel & Knoph Porpidia turgescens (Körb.) Brusse Porpidia umbonifera (Müll. Arg.) Rambold Porpidia urbanskyana (Zahlbr.) Brusse Porpidia zeoroides (Anzi) Knoph & Hertel
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (11 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]