''Fuscidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family

Fuscideaceae Fuscideaceae is a family of fungi in the order Umbilicariales The Umbilicariales are an order of lichenized fungi in the subclass Umbilicariomycetidae, class Lecanoromycetes. It contains five families: Elixiaceae, Fuscideaceae, Ophioparmaceae ...

. It has about 40 species. The genus was

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in 1972 by lichenologists Volkmar Wirth and

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 ...

, with '' Fuscidea aggregatilis'' assigned as the type species.

Species

*'' Fuscidea aleutica'' *'' Fuscidea appalachensis'' – Appalachian Mountains of Northeastern North America *'' Fuscidea arboricola'' *'' Fuscidea asbolodes'' *'' Fuscidea austera'' *'' Fuscidea australis'' *'' Fuscidea coreana'' *'' Fuscidea cyathoides'' *'' Fuscidea elixii'' *'' Fuscidea extremorientalis'' *'' Fuscidea fagicola'' *'' Fuscidea gothoburgensis'' *'' Fuscidea intercincta'' *'' Fuscidea kochiana'' *'' Fuscidea lightfootii'' *'' Fuscidea lygaea'' *'' Fuscidea maccarthyi'' *'' Fuscidea mayrhoferi'' *'' Fuscidea mollis'' *'' Fuscidea multispora'' – Bolivia *'' Fuscidea muskeg'' – Alaska *'' Fuscidea oceanica'' *'' Fuscidea praeruptorum'' *'' Fuscidea pusilla'' *'' Fuscidea ramboldioides'' *'' Fuscidea recensa'' *'' Fuscidea scrupulosa'' *'' Fuscidea stiriaca'' *'' Fuscidea subasbolodes'' *'' Fuscidea texana'' – Texas *'' Fuscidea tropica''

References

Umbilicariales Lichen genera Lecanoromycetes genera Taxa described in 1972 Taxa named by Antonín Vězda {{Lecanoromycetes-stub