Collema coccophorum

Collema coccophorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Collemataceae
Genus:	Collema
Binomial name
Collema coccophorum (Tuck.)

Collema coccophorum is a cyanolichen also known as soil pulp lichen or jelly lichen. It can be found in many areas of the world, including North America, Eastern Europe and Norway, Australia, and South America. It is considered endangered in Ohio^[1].

References

1. ^ USDA - Collema coccophorum Tuck

• "The lichen genus Collema in Europe: morphology, taxonomy, ecology" G Degelius - Symb. Bot. Upsal, 1954
• "The lichen genus Collema with special reference to the extra-European species" G Degelius - 1974 - Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala
• "Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Species Collema coccophorum Tuck.". USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=display&classid=COCO25. Retrieved 2008-07-07.