Calicium
Calicium is a genus of leprose lichen lichens.[1]:234 It is in the family Caliciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 30 species.[2]
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| Calicium viride | |
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| Genus: | Calicium Pers. |
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| Calicium viride Pers. | |
The sexual reproduction structures are a mass of loose ascospores that are enclosed by a cup shaped exciple sitting on top of a tiny stalk, having the appearance of a dressmaker's pin (called a mazaedium), hence the common name pin lichen.[1]:15 They are also commonly called stubble lichens.[1]:234
They have been used as indicator species for old growth redwood forests.[1]:234
Selected species
- Calicium abietinum
- Calicium chlorosporum
- Calicium glaucellum
- Calicium laevigatum
- Calicium lenticulare
- Calicium robustellum
- Calicium salicinum
- Calicium sequoiae
- Calicium tricolor
- Calicium victorianum
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References
- Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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