Icmadophila

Icmadophila
Icmadophila ericetorum growing on a rotten log on Meares Island, west coast of Canada.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Icmadophilaceae
Genus: Icmadophila
Trevis. (1852)
Type species
Icmadophila aeruginosa
(Scop.) Trevis. (1852)
Species

I. adversum
I. aversa
I. coronata
I. elveloides
I. ericetorum
I. splachnirima

Synonyms
  • Cystolobis Clem. (1909)
  • Glossodium Nyl. (1855)
  • Icmadophilomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Knightiella Müll.Arg. (1886)
  • Phycodiscis Clem. (1909)
  • Thelidea Hue (1902)
  • Tupia L.Marchand (1830)

Icmadophila is a genus of crustose lichen. The genus has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and contains six species. The only species found in North America, Icmadophila ericetorum, has a mint green crustose thallus that is dotted with bright pink apothecial disks, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as "fairy puke". It aggressively grows over mosses on well-rotted wood and peat. It looks very distinctive, but may be confused with species of Dibaeis.