Rhizoplaca

Rhizoplaca is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae.^[2] Members of the genus are commonly called rimmed navel lichens^[3] because of their umbilicate growth form and lecanorine (rimmed with thallus-like tissue)apothecia, also rock-posy lichen and rockbright.^{[4][5]: 118}

Rhizoplaca
Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Lecanoraceae
Genus:	Rhizoplaca Zopf (1905)
Type species
Rhizoplaca opaca (Ach.) Zopf (1905)
Synonyms[1]
Omphalodina M.Choisy (1929)

Species

As of August 2023^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 17 species of Rhizoplaca:^[2]

• Rhizoplaca arbuscula (Rosentr.) Rosentr., St.Clair & Leavitt (2019)
• Rhizoplaca callichroa (Zahlbr.) Y.Y.Zhang (2020)
• Rhizoplaca glaucophana (Nyl.) W.A.Weber (1979)
• Rhizoplaca haydenii (Tuck.) W.A.Weber (1979)
• Rhizoplaca idahoensis Rosentr. & McCune (2007)^[6]
• Rhizoplaca melanophthalma (DC.) Leuckert & Poelt (1977)
• Rhizoplaca nigromarginata (H.Magn.) S.D.Leav., Zhao Xin & Lumbsch (2015)
• Rhizoplaca novomexicana (H.Magn.) S.D.Leav., Zhao Xin & Lumbsch (2015)
• Rhizoplaca occulta S.D.Leav., Fern.-Mend., Lumbsch, Sohrabi & St.Clair (2013)^[7]
• Rhizoplaca opaca (Ach.) Zopf (1905)
• Rhizoplaca ouimetensis Brinker, Evankow & Timdal (2022)^[8]
• Rhizoplaca pachyphylla (H.Magn.) Y.Y.Zhang (2020)
• Rhizoplaca parilis S.D.Leav., Fern.-Mend., Lumbsch, Sohrabi & St.Clair (2013)^[7]
• Rhizoplaca polymorpha S.D.Leav., Fern.-Mend., Lumbsch, Sohrabi & St.Clair (2013)^[7]
• Rhizoplaca porteri S.D.Leav., Fern.-Mend., Lumbsch, Sohrabi & St.Clair (2013)^[7]
• Rhizoplaca shushanii S.D.Leav., Fern.-Mend., Lumbsch, Sohrabi & St.Clair (2013)^[7]
• Rhizoplaca weberi (B.D.Ryan) S.D.Leav., Zhao Xin & Lumbsch (2015)