Misplaced Pages

Pilophorus (fungus)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of lichens For the insect genus, see Pilophorus (bug).

Pilophorus
Pilophorus acicularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Pilophorus
Th.Fr. (1857)
Type species
Pilophorus robustus
Th.Fr. (1857)

Pilophorus is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Cladoniaceae. They are commonly known as matchstick lichens. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in temperate regions, and contains 11 species. The genus was circumscribed by Theodor Magnus Fries in 1857, with Pilophorus robustus assigned as the type species.

Species

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. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Fries, Th. M. (1857). "Ad amimadversiones Cl. W. Nylanderi". Botaniska Notiser (in Latin): 167–174.
  4. Wang, Xin Yu; Joshi, Yogesh; Oh, Soon Ok; Hur, Jae-Seoun; Wang, Li Song (2011). "Pilophorus fruticosus (Cladoniaceae), a new species from south-western China". The Lichenologist. 43 (2): 137–140. doi:10.1017/s0024282910000782. S2CID 86580604.
  5. Wang, Xin Yu; Joshi, Yogesh; Hur, Jae Seoun; Oh, Soon Ok; Wang, Li Song (2010). "Taxonomic studies on the lichen flora of southwestern China (1). Pilophorus yunnanensis sp. nov. (Cladoniaceae)". The Bryologist. 113 (2): 345–349. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-113.2.345. S2CID 83972658.
Taxon identifiers
Pilophorus


Stub icon

This Lecanorales-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: