Sphaerophorus

Sphaerophorus
Sphaerophorus globosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Sphaerophoraceae
Genus: Sphaerophorus
Pers. (1794)
Type species
Sphaerophorus coralloides
Pers. (1794)
Species

S. coralloides
S. fragilis
S. globosus
S. imshaugii
S. murrayi
S. patagonicus
S. whakapapaensis
S. yangii

Synonyms[1]

Baeoderma Vain. (1922)
Sphaerophoronomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
Sphaerophorum Schrad. (1794)
Syrigosis Neck. ex Kremp. (1869)
Thysanophoron Stirt. (1883)

Sphaerophorus a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains eight species.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Sphaerophorus Pers. 1794". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=5112. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 649. ISBN 9780851998268. 

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