Biology:Sclerophyton

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Short description: Genus of lichen

Sclerophyton
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Opegraphaceae
Genus: Sclerophyton
Eschw. (1824)
Type species
Sclerophyton elegans
Eschw. (1824)
Species

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Sclerophyton is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with Sclerophyton elegans assigned as the type species.[2]

Species

  • Sclerophyton aptrootii Sparrius (2004)
  • Sclerophyton conspicuum A.W.Archer (2003)[3]
  • Sclerophyton elegans Eschw. (1824)
  • Sclerophyton extenuatum (Nyl.) Sparrius (2004)
  • Sclerophyton fluorescens Sparrius (2004)
  • Sclerophyton hillii A.W.Archer (2003)[3]
  • Sclerophyton indicum Makhija & Adaw. (2002)[4]
  • Sclerophyton insularum A.W.Archer (2003)[3]
  • Sclerophyton madagascariense Sparrius (2004)
  • Sclerophyton perithecioideum Aptroot (2022)[5] – Brazil
  • Sclerophyton puncticulatum P.M.McCarthy & Elix (2018)
  • Sclerophyton seriale (Ach.) Sparrius (2004)
  • Sclerophyton stigmaticum (Kremp.) Sparrius (2004)
  • Sclerophyton syncesioides Sparrius (2004)
  • Sclerophyton trinidadense Sparrius (2004)
  • Sclerophyton vertex Sparrius (2004)

References

  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. 
  2. Eschweiler, F.G. (1824) (in la). Systema Lichenum, Genera Exhibens rite distincta, Pluribus Novis Adaucta. pp. 1–26. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Archer, A.W. (2003). "New species in the genus Sclerophyton (Ascomycota, Opeographaceae) from Australia and the Solomon Islands". Mycotaxon 87: 85–89. 
  4. Makhija, Urmila; Adawadkar, Bharati (2002). "The lichen genus Sclerophyton in India". The Lichenologist 34 (4): 347–350. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0405. 
  5. Aptroot, André; de Souza, Maria Fernanda; dos Santos, Lidiane Alves; Junior, Isaias Oliveira; Barbosa, Bruno Micael Cardoso; da Silva, Marcela Eugenia Cáceres (2022). "New species of lichenized fungi from Brazil, with a record report of 492 species in a small area of the Amazon Forest". The Bryologist 125 (3): 435–467. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-125.3.433. 

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