| Cyphelium | |
|---|---|
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| Cyphelium inquinans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Cyphelium Ach. (1815) |
| Type species | |
| Cyphelium tigillare (Ach.) Ach. (1815) | |
Cyphelium is a genus of crustose areolate lichens with cup-like apothecia filled with sooty black spores. The genus is in the family Caliciaceae . The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in north and south temperate regions, and contains about 12 species. Members of the genus are commonly called soot lichens.
Species
- Cyphelium brachysporum
- Cyphelium brunneum
- Cyphelium chloroconium
- Cyphelium inquinans
- Cyphelium karelicum
- Cyphelium lecideinum
- Cyphelium lucidum
- Cyphelium marcianum
- Cyphelium notarisii
- Cyphelium pinicola
- Cyphelium sessile
- Cyphelium tigillare
- Cyphelium trachylioides
References
- ^ Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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