Leifidium

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| image_caption = Leifidium tenerum

| parent_authority = Wedin (1993)

| taxon = Leifidium tenerum

| authority = Wedin (1993)

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Leifidium is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Sphaerophoraceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Leifidium tenerum, found in Australia and South America. The genus is named in honour of Swedish lichenologist Leif Tibell.

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{{cite journal |first1=Hannes |last1=Hertel |first2=Georg |last2=Gärtner |first3=László |last3=Lőkös |title=Forscher an Österreichs Flechtenflora |trans-title=Investigators of Austria's lichen flora |journal=Stapfia |year=2017 |volume=104 |issue=2 |pages=1–211 (see pp. 149–150) |language=German |url=https://www.zobodat.at/biografien/Flechtenforschung_Austria_STAPFIA_0104_2_0001-0211.pdf}}

{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk |url-access=limited |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk/page/n377 367] |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

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Category:Lecanorales

Category:Taxa described in 1993

Category:Monotypic Lecanorales genera

Category:Lichen genera

Category:Taxa named by Mats Wedin