Physcidia

Physcidia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.^[2] The genus was circumscribed in 1862 by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman.^[3]

Physcidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Ramalinaceae
Genus:	Physcidia Tuck. (1862)
Type species
Physcidia wrightii Tuck. (1862)
Species
P. australasica P. callopis P. carassensis P. endococcinea P. matogrossensis P. neotropica P. squamulosa P. wrightii
Synonyms[1]
Megalopsora Vain. (1921)

Species

• Physcidia australasica Kalb & Elix (1995)^[4]
• Physcidia callopis (Meyen & Flot.) Müll.Arg. (1883)
• Physcidia carassensis Kalb & Elix (1995)^[4]
• Physcidia endococcinea Zahlbr. (1909)^[5]
• Physcidia matogrossensis Kalb & Elix (1995)^[4]
• Physcidia neotropica Kalb & Elix (1995)^[4]
• Physcidia squamulosa Tuck. (1862)
• Physcidia striata Aptroot, M.Cáceres & Timdal (2014)^[6]
• Physcidia wrightii Tuck. (1862)

The taxon once known as Physcidia cylindrophora (Taylor) Hue (1908) is now Bacidia cylindrophora.^[7]