Placidium
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Placidium lacinulatum | |
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Genus: | Placidium A. Massal.
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Placidium is a genus of crustose to squamulose to almost foliose lichens. The genus is in the Verrucariaceae family.[1] Most members grow on soil (are terricolous), but some grow on rock (saxicolous).[2] The fruiting bodies are perithecia, flask-like structures immersed in the lichen body (thallus) with only the top opening visible, dotting the thallus.[2]
Members of the genus are commonly called stiplescale lichens or earthscale.[2]: 327
Lichen spot tests are all negative.[2]
Members of the genus lack rhizines, but otherwise resemble members of the genus .[2]
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Categories:
- Verrucariales
- Lichens
- Eurotiomycetes stubs