Icmadophila | |
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Icmadophila ericetorum growing on a rotten log on Meares Island, west coast of Canada. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Pertusariales |
Family: | Icmadophilaceae |
Genus: |
Icmadophila Trevis. (1852) |
Type species | |
Icmadophila aeruginosa | |
Species | |
I. adversum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Icmadophila is a genus of crustose lichen. The genus has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and contains six species. [2] The only species found in North America, Icmadophila ericetorum, has a mint green crustose thallus that is dotted with bright pink apothecial disks, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as "fairy puke". [3] It aggressively grows over mosses on well-rotted wood and peat. [4] It looks very distinctive, but may be confused with species of Dibaeis.
Icmadophila | |
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Icmadophila ericetorum growing on a rotten log on Meares Island, west coast of Canada. | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Pertusariales |
Family: | Icmadophilaceae |
Genus: |
Icmadophila Trevis. (1852) |
Type species | |
Icmadophila aeruginosa | |
Species | |
I. adversum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Icmadophila is a genus of crustose lichen. The genus has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and contains six species. [2] The only species found in North America, Icmadophila ericetorum, has a mint green crustose thallus that is dotted with bright pink apothecial disks, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as "fairy puke". [3] It aggressively grows over mosses on well-rotted wood and peat. [4] It looks very distinctive, but may be confused with species of Dibaeis.