''Physconia'' is a genus 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 in the family Physciaceae. It has about 25 species. The genus was

circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius. Not every po ...

by Czech lichenologist Josef Poelt in 1965, with '' Physconia pulverulenta'' assigned as the type species.

Species

*'' Physconia californica'' *'' Physconia chinensis'' *'' Physconia distorta'' *'' Physconia enteroxantha'' *'' Physconia fallax'' *'' Physconia grisea'' *'' Physconia jacutica'' *'' Physconia labrata'' *'' Physconia muscigena'' *'' Physconia perisidiosa'' *'' Physconia pulverulenta'' *'' Physconia rossica'' *'' Physconia sikkimensis'' *'' Physconia thorstenii''

References

Caliciales Lichen genera Caliciales genera Taxa described in 1965 Taxa named by Josef Poelt {{Caliciales-stub