Acroscyphus
Sign in to saveAcroscyphus is a fungal genus in the family Caliciaceae. This is a monospecific genus, containing the single fruticose lichen species Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides. It is found in various locations in the cordilleras of western North America, including Mexico and British Columbia, as well as high-elevation, exposed regions of Asia (China, Japan), South Africa, Peru, and Patagonia. Commonly known as '''crab's eye lichen''', it forms distinctive cushion-like growths with finger-shaped branches and has a yellow to orange interior. The species typically grows on exposed rocks or dead wood in harsh,
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to Acroscyphus, and connects out to montane ecosystem, Joseph-Henri Léveillé and Alaska.
Vinony files it under Caliciales, Caliciales genera and Lichen genera.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Balantiopsidaceae
- Collections
- MEL, IPA, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Japan, Brasil
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- taxon name
- Acroscyphus
- taxon common name
- カニメゴケ属
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Acroscyphus is a fungal genus in the family Caliciaceae. This is a monospecific genus, containing the single fruticose lichen species Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides. It is found in various locations in the cordilleras of western North America, including Mexico and British Columbia, as well as high-elevation, exposed regions of Asia (China, Japan), South Africa, Peru, and Patagonia. Commonly known as '''crab's eye lichen', it forms distinctive cushion-like growths with finger-shaped branches and has a yellow to orange interior. The species typically grows on exposed rocks or dead wood in harsh, windswept environments.
==Taxonomy==
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