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Antidea

Single-species fungal genus

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 11, 2026
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Antidea is a fungal genus in the family Megasporaceae. It comprises the single species Antidea brucei, a crustose lichen that forms small gray patches of tightly packed tiles on siliceous rocks. The species was originally described as Aspicilia brucei in 2007 from California, but DNA studies showed it represented an early-diverging lineage within Megasporaceae, leading to its placement in a new genus in 2024. Known primarily from mid-elevation forested sites in southwestern North America, the species has also been reported from parts of Europe.

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The public source identifies “Antidea” as single-species fungal genus. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Antidea, Single-species and fungal.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007, 2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Antidea, Single-species and fungal providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 11, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2007 and 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from “Antidea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.