''Bacidina'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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.[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 ...]
.
It was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Czech lichenologist
Antonín Vězda
Antonín (Toni) Vězda (25 November 1920 – 10 November 2008) was a Czech lichenologist. After completing a university education that was postponed by World War II, Vězda taught botany at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech U ...
in 1990, with ''
Bacidina phacodes'' assigned as the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
. Vězda included 11 species in ''Bacidina'', which was originally classified in the
Lecideaceae
The Lecideaceae are a family of lichens in the order Lecideales (Ascomycota, class Lecanoromycetes).
Genera
According to a recent (2022) estimate, the Lecideaceae comprise 29 genera and about 260 species. The following list indicates the genus n ...
. These species had previously been placed in genus ''
Bacidia
''Bacidia'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Giuseppe De Notaris in 1846. Species in the genus are crust-like lichens with stemless apothecia; they have green algae (chloroccoid) as p ...
''.
Species
*''
Bacidina adastra''
*''
Bacidina aeruginosa''
*''
Bacidina apiahica''
*''
Bacidina arnoldiana''
*''
Bacidina arvidssonii''
*''
Bacidina assulata''
*''
Bacidina brandii''
*''
Bacidina brittoniana''
*''
Bacidina californica''
*''
Bacidina caligans''
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Bacidina canariensis''
*''
Bacidina chloroticula''
*''
Bacidina cinnamomea''
*''
Bacidina circumpulla''
*''
Bacidina clauzadei''
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Bacidina contecta''
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Bacidina convexa''
– Panama
*''
Bacidina crystallifera''
*''
Bacidina defecta''
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Bacidina delicata''
*''
Bacidina dichroma''
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Bacidina digitalis''
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Bacidina dissecta''
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Bacidina egenula''
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Bacidina etayana''
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Bacidina flavoleprosa''
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Bacidina fuscosquamulosa''
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Bacidina hypophylla''
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Bacidina indigens''
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Bacidina inundata''
*''
Bacidina iqbalii''
*''
Bacidina jasonhurii''
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Bacidina lacerata''
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Bacidina loekoesiana''
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Bacidina margallensis''
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Bacidina medialis''
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Bacidina mendax''
– Europe
*''
Bacidina mirabilis''
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Bacidina modesta''
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Bacidina multiseptata''
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Bacidina neglecta''
*''
Bacidina neosquamulosa''
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Bacidina neotropica''
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Bacidina pallidocarnea''
*''
Bacidina pallidocarpa''
– Macaronesia
*''
Bacidina phacodes''
*''
Bacidina piceae''
*''
Bacidina pseudohyphophorifera''
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Bacidina pseudoisidiata''
–
Tenerife
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*''
Bacidina pycnidiata''
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Bacidina saxenii''
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Bacidina scutellifera''
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Bacidina simplex''
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Bacidina sorediata''
*''
Bacidina streimannii''
*''
Bacidina sulphurella''
*''
Bacidina terricola''
*''
Bacidina varia''
*''
Bacidina vasakii''
*''
Bacidina violacea''
– Macaronesia
References
Lichen genera
Lecanorales genera
Taxa described in 1991
Taxa named by Antonín Vězda
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