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Leptochidium

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Leptochidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Massalongiaceae.^[1] It has two species:

The genus was circumscribed by French lichenologist Maurice Choisy in 1952.^[2] Leptochidium remained monotypic until 2006, when Per Magnus Jørgensen transferred into it a species originally named Leptogium rivulare var. crenatulum by William Nylander.^[3]

^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2.
^ Choisy, M. (1952). "Catalogue des lichens de la region lyonnaise. Fasc. 9". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (in French). 21: 165–180.
^ Jørgensen, P.M. (2006). "Leptochidium crenulatum, a misunderstood arctic-alpine lichen". Graphis Scripta. 18: 19–22.

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Leptochidium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Massalongiaceae. It has two species:

Leptochidium albociliatum (Desm.) M.Choisy (1952) Leptochidium crenatulum (Nyl.) P.M.Jørg. (2006)

The genus was circumscribed by French lichenologist Maurice Choisy in 1952. Leptochidium remained monotypic until 2006, when Per Magnus Jørgensen transferred into it a species originally named Leptogium rivulare var. crenatulum by William Nylander.