Anzia colpodes

Anzia colpodes, commonly known as the black foam lichen, is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the large family Parmeliaceae.^[3] It occurs in eastern North America.

Anzia colpodes
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Anzia
Species:	A. colpodes
Binomial name
Anzia colpodes (Ach.) Stizenb. (1862)
Synonyms[2]
Lichen colpodes Ach. (1799) Parmelia colpodes (Ach.) Ach. (1803) Lichen diatrypus * colpodes (Ach.) Lam. (1813)

Taxonomy

The lichen was first formally described as a new species by the Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1799.^[4] He classified it in the eponymous genus Lichen, which was standard at the time. In 1803 he transferred it to the genus Parmelia.^[5] Ernst Stizenberger transferred it to the genus Anzia in 1862.^[6]