''Bacidia'' is a
genus
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of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[fungi
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in the family
Ramalinaceae
The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The family name is synonymous with the name ''Bacidiaceae''. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.
Genera
*''Aciculopsora''
*''Adelolecia''
*'' Arthro ...
. The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Giuseppe De Notaris
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He studied medicine at the University of Pavia, obtaining his medical degree in 1830. Having deve ...
in 1846.
Species in the genus are
crust-like lichens with stemless
apothecia
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; they have green algae (chloroccoid) as photobionts. Their
asci ASCI or Asci may refer to:
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have 8 colorless, cylindrical to acicular, multiseptate
spores
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, with curved and thread-like
conidia
A conidium ( ; ), sometimes termed an asexual chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (), is an asexual, non-motile spore of a fungus. The word ''conidium'' comes from the Ancient Greek word for dust, ('). They are also called mitospores due to the ...
.
Species
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Bacidia absistens''
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Bacidia albogranulosa''
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Bacidia alutacea''
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Bacidia arceutina''
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Bacidia areolata''
–
Russian Far East
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Bacidia beckhausii''
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Bacidia biatorina''
*''
Bacidia brigitteae''
–
Kangaroo Island
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Bacidia caesiovirens''
– western Europe
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Bacidia campbelliae''
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Bacidia carneoglauca''
*''
Bacidia chrysocolla''
*''
Bacidia circumspecta
''Bacidia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Giuseppe De Notaris in 1846. Species in the genus are crustose lichen, crust-like lichens with stemless apothec ...
''
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Bacidia conspicua''
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Bacidia convexa''
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Bacidia cornea''
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Bacidia coruscans''
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Bacidia curvispora''
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Bacidia cylindrophora''
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Bacidia effusa''
*''
Bacidia ekmaniana''
*''
Bacidia elongata''
– Russian Far East
*''
Bacidia entocosmensis''
*''
Bacidia entodiaphana''
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Bacidia fellhaneroides''
*''
Bacidia fluminensis''
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Bacidia fratruelis''
*''
Bacidia friesiana''
*''
Bacidia furfurella''
*''
Bacidia fuscoviridis''
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Bacidia gallowayi''
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Bacidia granosa''
*''
Bacidia gullahgeechee''
– United States
*''
Bacidia heterochroa''
*''
Bacidia herbarum''
*''
Bacidia iberica''
– Spain
*''
Bacidia johnstoniae''
*''
Bacidia kekesiana''
*''
Bacidia killiasii''
*''
Bacidia kurilensis''
– Russian Far East
*''
Bacidia laurocerasi''
*''
Bacidia leucocarpa''
*''
Bacidia lithophila''
– Australia
*''
Bacidia littoralis''
– Australia
*''
Bacidia lividofusca''
*''
Bacidia lividonigrans''
*''
Bacidia lobarica''
– United States
*''
Bacidia maccarthyi''
– Australia
*''
Bacidia macquariensis''
*''
Bacidia macrospora''
*''
Bacidia marina''
–
Falkland Islands
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Bacidia microphyllina''
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Bacidia millegrana''
*''
Bacidia modestula''
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Bacidia multicarpa''
*''
Bacidia multiseptata''
*''
Bacidia pallida''
*''
Bacidia paramedialis''
*''
Bacidia phyllopsoropsis''
*''
Bacidia placodioides''
*''
Bacidia polychroa''
*''
Bacidia prasinata''
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Bacidia pruinata''
– Falkland Islands
*''
Bacidia punica''
*''
Bacidia purpurans''
*''
Bacidia pycnidiata''
– central Europe
*''
Bacidia quadrilocularis''
*''
Bacidia raffii''
*''
Bacidia rhodocardia''
*''
Bacidia rosella''
*''
Bacidia rosellizans''
*''
Bacidia rubella''
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Bacidia rudis''
*''
Bacidia sachalinensis''
– Russian Far East
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Bacidia schweinitzii''
*''
Bacidia scopulicola''
*''
Bacidia septosior''
*''
Bacidia sigmospora''
*''
Bacidia sipmanii''
*''
Bacidia sorediata''
*''
Bacidia squamellosa''
*''
Bacidia subareolata''
*''
Bacidia subproposita''
*''
Bacidia subturgidula''
*''
Bacidia superbula''
*''
Bacidia superula''
*''
Bacidia surinamensis''
*''
Bacidia termitophila''
*''
Bacidia thiersiana''
– United States
*''
Bacidia thyrrenica''
*''
Bacidia vagula''
*''
Bacidia vallatula''
*''
Bacidia veneta''
*''
Bacidia vinicolor''
*''
Bacidia viridescens''
References
Gallery
Image:Bacidia schweinitzii-8.jpg, Cross section of an apothecium of ''B. schweinitzii'', photographed through a compound microscope (x1000), showing a green epihymenium and a dark reddish-brown hypothecium
Image:Bacidia schweinitzii-7.jpg, Acicular spore of ''B. schweinitzii'', 65 x 6 micrometre
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s, photographed through a compound microscope, x1000
Ramalinaceae
Lichen genera
Lecanorales genera
Taxa named by Giuseppe De Notaris
Taxa described in 1846
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