Pseudocalopadia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pilocarpaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1999 by lichenologist Robert Lücking, with Pseudocalopadia mira as the type, and at the time, only species.[1] P. chibaensis was added to the genus in 2017.[2]

Pseudocalopadia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Pseudocalopadia
Lücking (1999)
Type species
Pseudocalopadia mira
Lücking (1999)
Species

P. chibaensis
P. mira

References

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  1. ^ Lücking, R. (1999). "Verbesserungen zur Kenntnis der foliikolen Flechtenflora Costa Ricas. Die Familie Ectolechiaceae" (PDF). Phyton (in German). 39 (1): 131–165 [142].
  2. ^ Harada, H.; Sakata, A. (2017). "Pseudocalopadia chibaensis (lichenized Ascomycota, Pilocarpaceae), a new corticolous species of campylidiate lichen from Japan". Lichenology. 16: 103–115.