Caeruleum is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Acarosporaceae. Two species are currently recognized, C. heppii and C. immersum. Caeruleum is generally similar to the related genus Acarospora.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Acarosporales |
| Family: | Acarosporaceae |
| Genus: | Caeruleum Knudsen & Arcadia, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Caeruleum heppii Knudsen & Arcadia, 2012
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Naming
editThe generic name, "Caeruleum", refers to the blue color stain of the tholus after treatment with Lugol's iodine.[1]
Taxonomy
editThe genus Caeruleum was described in 2012 by Linda in Arcadia and Kerry Knudsen, with the type species Caeruleum heppii ("Hepp's cracked lichen").[3] C. heppii had previously been described as a species of both Acarospora and Myriospora. An additional combination was also erected as Caeruleum immersum. C. immersum has also been assigned as a species of Acarospora and Myriospora in the past. Arcadia & Knudsen (2012) noted that future research may indicate that C. immersum represents a synonym of C. heppii.[1]
Caeruleum is one of eleven genera within the Acarosporaceae family of fungi.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Arcadia, Linda in; Knudsen, Kerry (2012-01-03). "The name Myriospora is available for the Acarospora smaragdula group". Opuscula Philolichenum. 11: 19–25.
- ^ Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017-01-03). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361. ISSN 0007-2745.
- ^ "Acarospora heppii (Nageli ex Hepp) Nageli ex Körb". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nn; Hyde, Kd; Dai, Dq; Sánchez-García, M; Goto, Bt; Saxena, Rk; Erdoğdu, M; Selçuk, F; Rajeshkumar, Kc; Aptroot, A; Błaszkowski, J; Boonyuen, N; da Silva, Ga; de Souza, Fa; Dong, W (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021" (PDF). Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2.