Lecidea ( lat. Lecideaceae ) - a family of lichens of the order Lekanorovye ( Lecanorales ).
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 Lecidea dark brown | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lecideaceae Chevall. , 1826 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lecidea Ach. , 1803 - Lecidea | |||||||||||||||||||
Biological Description
The thallus is scale-laden or scaly, epilithic or endolithic, less often epigeneic, epixilic or epibriophytic. Apothecia is usually black, less often black-brown, with an edge devoid of algal symbiont cells, superficial or submerged in the thallus. Club-shaped askeys, eight-spore, 25–95 × 6–25 microns. Paraphyses are simple, less often branching, with club-shaped ends. Spores are unicellular, unpainted, almost spherical or oblong. Pycnidia submerged, spherical or pitcher-shaped. Conidia are rod-shaped, apical.
Phytobionts are trebuxyophytic algae.
Range
The type genus of the family has a cosmopolitan range, absent only in deserts. The second genus, Byssocaulon , is known from the tropical and subantarctic regions of South America .
Taxonomy
Childbirth
- Bahianora Kalb , 1984
- Cecidonia Triebel & Rambold , 1988
- Cryptodictyon A.Massal. , 1860
- Hypocenomyce M.Choisy , 1951 - Hypocenome
- Kephartia RCHarris & Lendemer , 2013
- Lecidea Ach., 1803 - Lecidea
- Lopacidia Kalb, 1984
- Pseudopannaria ( B.de Lesd. ) Zahlbr. , 1924
- Rhizolecia Hertel , 1984
- Steinia Körb. , 1873
Notes
Literature
- Determinant of lichens in Russia / ed. ed. N. S. Golubkova . - SPb. : Science, 1998. - T. 7. Lecidea, Mikareev, Porpidia. - S. 6. - 166 p.