Leioderma

Leioderma is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Pannariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1888. He assigned Leioderma pycnophorum as the type species.^[1]

Leioderma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Peltigerales
Family:	Pannariaceae
Genus:	Leioderma Nyl. (1888)
Type species
Leioderma pycnophorum Nyl. (1888)

Species

As of May 2024^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts nine species of Leioderma:^[2]

• Leioderma amphibolum (C.Knight) P.M.Jørg. & D.J.Galloway (1987)^[3]
• Leioderma applanatum D.J.Galloway & P.M.Jørg. (1987)^[3]
• Leioderma cherokeense P.M.Jørg. & Tønsberg (2005)^[4]
• Leioderma duplicatum (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Galloway & P.M.Jørg. (1987)^[3]
• Leioderma erythrocarpum (Delise ex Nyl.) D.J.Galloway & P.M.Jørg. (1987)}^[3]
• Leioderma glabrum D.J.Galloway & P.M.Jørg. (1987)^[3]
• Leioderma pycnophorum Nyl. (1888)^[1]
• Leioderma sorediatum D.J.Galloway & P.M.Jørg. (1987)^[3]
• Leioderma spongiosum P.M.Jørg. & Arv. (2004)^[5]

References

1. Nylander, W. (1888). Lichenes Novae Zelandiae (in Latin). Paris: Paul Schmidt. pp. 47–48.
2. "Leioderma Nyl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
3. Galloway, D.J.; Jørgensen, P.M. (1987). "Studies in the lichen family Pannariaceae II. The genus Leioderma Nyl". The Lichenologist. 19 (4): 345–400. doi:10.1017/S0024282987000367.
4. Jørgensen, Per Magnus; Tønsberg, Tor (2005). "Leioderma cherokeense (Pannariaceae, Lecanorales) sp. nov. from the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, U.S.A.". The Bryologist. 108 (3): 412–414. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2005)108[0412:LCPLSN]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20061120.
5. Jørgensen, P.M.; Arvidsson, L. (2004). "The lichen family Pannariaceae in Ecuador". Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 34 (1): 113–132.