Kingdom Fungi Higher classification Thelotremataceae | Scientific name Diploschistes Rank Genus | |
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Similar Acarospora, Diploschistes scruposus, Aspicilia, Buellia, Caloplaca | ||
Diploschistes diacapsis fungi kingdom
Diploschistes (crater lichen) is a genus of crustose lichens with a thick, cracked (areolate) body (thallus) with worldwide distribution. The fruiting part (apothecia) are immersed in the thick thallus so as to have the appearance of being small "craters.
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It is in the family Thelotremataceae. The widespread genus contains about 43 species. Johannes Musæus Norman described the genus in an 1853 publication.
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