Fuscidea lightfootii (Sm.) Coppins & P. James
(a lichen)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFuscidea lightfootii (a lichen)
GenusFuscidea (a genus of lichens)
FamilyFUSCIDEACEAE (a family of lichens)
SubclassLECANOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens)
ClassLECANOROMYCETES (a class of lichens)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Fuscidea lightfootii (a lichen) :
1: Fuscidea lightfootii (a lichen)
13 Feb 2010 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on branches and thin trunks of birch
Image 1: Thallus on branchImage 2: Apothecia - magnifiedImage 3: Apothecia - magnified (2)Image 4: Apothecia - magnified (3)Image 5: Apothecia - magnified (4)Image 6: Apothecia - magnified (5)Image 7: Apothecia - magnified (6)Image 8: Apothecia - magnified (7)Image 9: Apothecia - magnified (8)Image 10: Apothecia - magnified (9)Image 11: Apothecium - magnifiedImage 12: Prothallus - magnifiedImage 13: Prothallus - magnified (2)Image 14: Pycnidia - magnifiedImage 15: Pycnidia - magnified (2)Image 16: Pycnidia - magnified (3)Image 17: Soralia - magnifiedImage 18: Thallus - close-up - enlargedImage 19: Thallus - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 20: Thallus - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 21: Thallus - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 22: Thallus - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 23: Thallus - close-up - enlarged (6)Image 24: Thallus - close-up - enlarged (7)Image 25: Thallus - close-up - enlarged (8)Image 26: Thallus - granular surface and soralia - magnifiedImage 27: Thallus - granular surface and soralia - magnified (2)Image 28: Thallus - granular surface - magnifiedImage 29: Thallus - young - close-up - enlargedImage 30: Thallus - young - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 31: Asci and paraphyses in apothecium squash - magnifiedImage 32: Asci and paraphyses in apothecium squash - magnified (2)Image 33: Asci in apothecium squash - magnifiedImage 34: Asci - highly magnifiedImage 35: Asci - highly magnified (2)Image 36: Asci - highly magnified (3)Image 37: Ascospores - highly magnifiedImage 38: Phycobiont - magnifiedImage 39: Phycobiont - magnified (2)Image 40: Pycnidial squash - highly magnifiedImage 41: Pycnidial squash - highly magnified (2)

Fuscidea lightfootii (a lichen) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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