''Lopadium'' (commonly known as the granular lichen) 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
monotypic
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family
Lopadiaceae, which is in the order
Lecideales
The Lecideales are an order of lichenized fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. The order contains two families: the ''Lecideaceae'', which contains 29 genera and about 260 species, and Lopadiaceae, which contains the single genus ''Lopadium
Ulub ...
. The genus contains 10 species.
''Lopadium'' was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by German lichenologist
Gustav Wilhelm Körber
Gustav Wilhelm Körber (10 January 1817, Hirschberg – 27 January 1885, Breslau) was a German lichenologist.
He studied natural sciences in Breslau and Berlin, obtaining his PhD in 1839 with the thesis ''De gonidiis lichenum''. After graduati ...
in 1855.
Species
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Lopadium brisbanense''
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Lopadium coralloideum''
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Lopadium disciforme''
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Lopadium hepaticicola''
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Lopadium lecanorellum''
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Lopadium nigrum''
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Lopadium patwardhanii''
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Lopadium pezizoideum''
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Lopadium pulchrum''
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Lopadium subcoralloideum''
References
Lecideales
Lichen genera
Lecideales genera
Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber
Taxa described in 1855
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