🍄 Family

Rhizocarpaceae

2 species · Fungi

Fungi › Ascomycota › Lecanoromycetes › Rhizocarpales › Rhizocarpaceae

Rhizocarpon geographicum, the map lichen, is a widely distributed rock-dwelling lichen that hosts the lichenicolous fungus Muellerella pygmaea.

Rhizocarpon lecanorinum is a yellow-green crustose lichen with described structure, ecology, and seasonal sexual spore release.

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