Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Acarosporomycetidae
Ordo: Acarosporales
Familia: Acarosporaceae
Genus: Pleopsidium
Species: P. chlorophanum - P. flavum - P. stenosporum
Name
Pleopsidium Körber, 1855
Type: Pleopsidium chlorophanum (Wahlenb.) Zopf, 1895
References
Körber, Syst. Lich. Germ.: 113 (1855)
Koerber, G.W. (1855) Systema Lichenum Germaniae (I-XXXIV). Die Flechten Deutschlands mikroscopisch geprüft, kritisch gesichtet, charakteristisch beschrieben und systematisch geordnet. - Breslau.
Hafellner, J. (1993) Acarospora und Pleopsidium, zwei lichenisierte Ascomycetengattungen (Lecanorales) mit zahlreichen Konvergenzen. Nova Hedwigia 56: 281–305.
Knudsen, K. (2007) Pleopsidium (pp. 274-276) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.
Magnusson, A.H. (1929[1930]) A monograph of the genus Acarospora. - Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Stockholm, Ser. 3, 7: 1–400.
Reeb. V., Lutzoni, F. and Roux, C. (2004) Contribution of RPB2 to multilocus phylogenetic studies of the euascomycetes (Pezizomycotina, Fungi) with special emphasis on the lichen-forming Acarosporaceae and evolution of polyspory. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 1036–1060.
USDA Plants Database
Recent Literature on Lichens and Mattick's Literature Index
Vernacular names
English: Gold cobblestone lichens
Pleopsidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Acarosporaceae. The widespread genus, which contains four species,[3][4] was circumscribed by lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855.[5]
References
"Synonyms: Pleopsidium Körb., Syst. lich. germ. (Breslau): 113 (1855)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
Dodge CW. (1965). "Lichenological notes on the flora of the Antarctic continent. VI. New taxa from the Antarctic continent and adjacent islands". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 84: 507–29. doi:10.2307/3224798. JSTOR 3224798.
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 546. ISBN 9780851998268.
Knudsen K. (2011). "A preliminary Study of Pleopsidium stenosporum (Stizenb. ex Hasse) K. Knudsen" (PDF). Opuscula Philolichenum. 9: 77–83.
Körber GW. (1855). Systema lichenum Germaniae (in Latin). Breslau, Germany: Trewendt & Granier. p. 113.
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