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Physciella
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Physciella

Physciella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae. Circumscribed in 1986, it is distinguished from the similar genera Physcia and Phaeophyscia by its prosoplectenchymatous (comprising long narrow wavy parallel hyphae) lower cortex, the lack of the secondary metabolite atranorin in the upper cortex, and short, ellipsoid conidia.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Powdery-margined Cryptic Shade Lichen

speciesPhysciella chloantha

Mealy Cryptic Shade Lichen

speciesPhysciella melanchra

Physciella denigrata

speciesPhysciella denigrata

Physciella nepalensis

speciesPhysciella nepalensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 175438.