Clavascidium umbrinum

Clavascidium umbrinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Clavascidium
Species: C. umbrinum
Binomial name
Clavascidium umbrinum
(Breuss) Breuss, 1996

Clavascidium umbrinum, also known as Catapyrenium umbrinum,[1] is a lichen.[2] It is characteristically 2 to 4 millimeters wide and medium to dark brown found on soil.

Found in Europe and North America; rather rare in Arizona, California, Chihuahua and Baja California.

References

  1. "Clavascidium umbrinum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. "United States National Herbarium - Smithsonian". Lichen Portal. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
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