# Pseudosagedia aenea

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Species of lichen

Pseudosagedia aenea Conservation status Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Lecanoromycetes Order: Gyalectales Family: Porinaceae Genus: Pseudosagedia Species: P. aenea Binomial name Pseudosagedia aenea (Körb.) Hafellner & Kalb (1995) Synonyms[2] List Spermatodium aeneum (Körb.) Trevis. (1860) Pyrenula aenea (Körb.) Rabenh. (1870) Sagedia chlorotica f. aenea (Körb.) Stein (1879) Segestria aenea (Körb.) Hellb. (1887) Porina aenea (Körb.) Zahlbr. (1922) Trichothelium aeneum (Körb.) R.C.Harris (1995) Verrucaria aenea Wallr. (1831) Sagedia aenea Körb. (1855) Verrucaria codonoidea Leight. (1851) Spermatodium codonoideum (Leight.) Trevis. (1860) Sagedia codonoidea (Leight.) Arnold (1861) Arthopyrenia macularis var. codonoidea (Leight.) Mudd (1861) Verrucaria chlorotica var. codonoidea (Leight.) Leight. (1871) Verrucaria chlorotica f. codonoidea (Leight.) Leight. (1875) Sagedia chlorotica f. codonoidea (Leight.) Arnold (1885) Porina chlorotica var. codonoidea (Leight.) Zahlbr. (1922)

***Pseudosagedia aenea*** is a widespread species of [corticolous](/source/Corticolous_lichen) (bark-dwelling) [crustose lichen](/source/Crustose_lichen) in the family [Porinaceae](/source/Porinaceae).[3]

## Taxonomy

*Pseudosagedia aenea* was first [described](/source/Species_description) as *Verrucaria aenea* by [Gustav Wilhelm Körber](/source/Gustav_Wilhelm_K%C3%B6rber) in 1855. It has been shuffled to several different genera in its taxonomic history, including *[Porina](/source/Porina)*, *[Pyrenula](/source/Pyrenula)*, *[Sagedia](/source/Sagedia)*, and *[Trichothelium](/source/Trichothelium)*.[2] In 1995, the lichenologists [Josef Hafellner](/source/Josef_Hafellner) and [Klaus Kalb](/source/Klaus_Kalb) transferred it to the genus *[Pseudosagedia](/source/Pseudosagedia)*, establishing its current name *Pseudosagedia aenea*. The [species epithet](/source/Botanical_name) *aenea* comes from [Latin](/source/Latin) and refers to the bronze-like appearance of the lichen.[4]

The genus *Pseudosagedia* is characterised by dark purplish pigments (called *Pseudosagedia*-violet) in the inner wall of its fruiting bodies. This pigmentation pattern helps distinguish it from related genera in the family.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NS_1-0)** [NatureServe](/source/NatureServe). ["*Pseudosagedia aenea*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.126041/). *NatureServe Explorer*. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 20 June 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Species_Fungorum_synonymy_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Species_Fungorum_synonymy_2-1) ["GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: *Pseudosagedia aenea* (Körb.) Hafellner & Kalb, Biblthca Lichenol. 57: 172 (1995)"](https://www.speciesfungorum.org/GSD/GSDspecies.asp?RecordID=413985). [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum). Retrieved 19 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoL_3-0)** ["*Pseudosagedia aenea* (Wallr.) Hafellner & Kalb"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/78H5Z). *[Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)*. [Species 2000](/source/Species_2000): Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 January 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hafellner_&_Kalb_1995_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hafellner_&_Kalb_1995_4-1) Hafellner, J.; Kalb, K. (1995). "Studies in Trichotheliales *ordo novus*". In Knoph, J.-G.; K., Schrüfer; Sipman, H.J.M. (eds.). [*Studies in Lichenology with Emphasis on Chemotaxonomy, Geography and Phytochemistry. Festschrift Christian Leuckert*](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284026797). Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Berlin/Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 161–186.

Taxon identifiers Pseudosagedia aenea Wikidata: Q108300062 Wikispecies: Pseudosagedia aenea CoL: 78H5Z GBIF: 2602137 iNaturalist: 229141 IndexFungorum: 413985 MycoBank: 413985 NatureServe: 2.126041 SpeciesFungorum: 413985 Sagedia aenea Wikidata: Q108336023 CoL: 4TY55 GBIF: 3418803 IndexFungorum: 404638 MycoBank: 404638 SpeciesFungorum: 404638

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