Lecidea

Lecidea is a genus of crustose lichens with a carbon-black ring or outer margin (exciple) around the fruiting body disc (apothecium), usually (or always) found growing on (saxicolous) or in (endolithic) rock. Lichens that have such a black exciple are called lecideine, meaning "like Lecidea, even if they are not in this genus. Members of the genus are commonly called disk lichens or tile lichens.

Selected species
According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains an estimated 427 species.


 * Lecidea atrobrunnea
 * Lecidea hassei
 * Lecidea keimioeensis
 * Lecidea laboriosa
 * Lecidea lithophila