Leptochidium
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Leptochidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Massalongiaceae.[1] It has two species:
- Leptochidium albociliatum (Desm.) M.Choisy (1952)
- Leptochidium crenatulum (Nyl.) P.M.Jørg. (2006)
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Leptochidium | |
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Leptochidium albociliatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Peltigerales |
Family: | Massalongiaceae |
Genus: | Leptochidium M.Choisy (1952) |
Type species | |
Leptochidium albociliatum (Desm.) M.Choisy (1952) | |
Species | |
L. albociliatum |
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The genus was circumscribed by French lichenologist Maurice Choisy in 1952.[2] Leptochidium remained monotypic until 2006, when Per Magnus Jørgensen transferred into it a species originally named Leptogium rivulare var. crenatulum by William Nylander.[3]