Icmadophila
Icmadophila ericetorum growing on a rotten log on Meares Island, west coast of Canada.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Icmadophilaceae
Genus: Icmadophila
Trevis. (1852)
Type species
Icmadophila aeruginosa
(Scop.) Trevis. (1852)
Species

I. adversum
I. aversa
I. coronata
I. elveloides
I. ericetorum
I. eucalypti
I. splachnirima

Synonyms[1]
  • Cystolobis Clem. (1909)
  • Glossodium Nyl. (1855)
  • Icmadophilomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Knightiella Müll.Arg. (1886)
  • Phycodiscis Clem. (1909)
  • Thelidea Hue (1902)
  • Tupia L.Marchand (1830)

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Synonymy. Current Name: Icmadophila Trevis., Revta Period. Lav. Imp. Reale Acad., Padova 1(3): 267 (1852) [1851-52]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ↑ Vitt, D, J Marsh, and R Bovey. 1994. Mosses, lichens, and ferns of northwest North America. Lone Pine Publishing.
  4. ↑ Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff, and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press: New Haven.


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