Name:		Echinoplaca Fée, (1825) page l, xciii [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Artheliopsis Vain. (1896) Arthotheliopsidomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) Pycnodermellina Bat. & H. Maia (1957) Phallomyces Bat. & Valle (1961) Spinomyces Bat. & Peres (1961) Sporocybomyces H. Maia (1967)
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Gomphillaceae Walt. Watson ex Hafellner [Family] Ostropales Nannf. [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 Echinoplaca affinis Kalb & Vězda Echinoplaca amapensis Bat. & Poroca Echinoplaca argentea (Mont.) R. Sant. Echinoplaca atrofusca R. Sant. Echinoplaca bispora Kalb & Vězda Echinoplaca campanulata Kalb & Vězda Echinoplaca cestri Fée Echinoplaca diffluens (Müll. Arg.) R. Sant. Echinoplaca epiphylla Fée Echinoplaca furcata Sérus. Echinoplaca fusconitida Lücking Echinoplaca gemmifera Lücking Echinoplaca handelii (Zahlbr.) Lücking Echinoplaca heterella (Stirt.) R. Sant. Echinoplaca hispida Sipman Echinoplaca hymenocarpoides Vain. Echinoplaca hymenula (Müll. Arg.) R. Sant. Echinoplaca incrustaticiliata Sérus. Echinoplaca incrustatociliata Sérus. Echinoplaca intercedens Vezda Echinoplaca leucothricoides Echinoplaca leucotrichoides Sant. Echinoplaca lucernifera Kalb & Vězda Echinoplaca marginata Lücking Echinoplaca melanotrix Lücking Echinoplaca pachyparaphsata Echinoplaca pachyparaphysata R. Sant. Echinoplaca pellicula (Müll. Arg.) R. Sant. Echinoplaca serusiauxii Lücking Echinoplaca similis Kalb & Vězda Echinoplaca streimannii Sérus. Echinoplaca strigulacea (Müll. Arg.) R. Sant. Echinoplaca subsimilis Kalb & Vězda Echinoplaca tetrapla (Zahlbr.) Lücking Echinoplaca tricharioides Kalb & Vězda Echinoplaca triseptata Lücking Echinoplaca verrucifera Lücking Echinoplaca vezdana Lücking & Kalb Echinoplaca wilsonii Lücking
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (12 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]