| Placocarpus | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Placocarpus schaereri | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Ascomycota | 
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes | 
| Order: | Verrucariales | 
| Family: | Verrucariaceae | 
| Genus: | Placocarpus Trevis. (1860) | 
| Type species | |
| Placocarpus schaereri (Fr.) Breuss (1985) | |
| Species | |
| P. americanus | |
Placocarpus is a genus of lichens in the family Verrucariaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Italian botanist Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon in 1860.[2]
References
- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
- ↑ Trevisan de St-Léon VBA. (1860). Conspectus Verrucarinarum. Prospetto dei Generi e delle Specie de Licheni Verrucarini (in Latin). Antonio Roberti, Bassano. p. 19.
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