Rhizoplaca Explained

Rhizoplaca is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. Members of the genus are commonly called rimmed navel lichens^[1] because of their umbilicate growth form and lecanorine (rimmed with thallus-like tissue)apothecia, also rock-posy lichen and rockbright.^{[2] [3]}

Species

, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 17 species of Rhizoplaca:

• Rhizoplaca arbuscula
• Rhizoplaca callichroa
• Rhizoplaca glaucophana
• Rhizoplaca haydenii
• Rhizoplaca idahoensis
• Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
• Rhizoplaca nigromarginata
• Rhizoplaca novomexicana
• Rhizoplaca occulta
• Rhizoplaca opaca
• Rhizoplaca ouimetensis
• Rhizoplaca pachyphylla
• Rhizoplaca parilis
• Rhizoplaca polymorpha
• Rhizoplaca porteri
• Rhizoplaca shushanii
• Rhizoplaca weberi

Notes and References

1. http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch Results for Common Name Rimmed navel lichen, USDA
2. Smith HB, Dal Grande F, Muggia L, Keuler R, Divakar PK, Grewe F, Schmitt I, Lumbsch HT, Leavitt SD . 2020 . Metagenomic data reveal diverse fungal and algal communities associated with the lichen symbiosis . Symbiosis . 82 . 1–2 . 133–147 . 10.1007/s13199-020-00699-4 . free . 11577/3440801 . free .
3. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014,