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Chiodecton

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Chiodecton is a genus of lichens in the family Roccellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by the lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1814, with Chiodecton sphaerale assigned as the type species.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumAscomycota
  3. ClassArthoniomycetes
  4. OrderArthoniales
  5. FamilyRoccellaceae

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Specimen records
771
With media
660
Family
Roccellaceae
Collections
NY, US, COLO
Recorded in
Philippines, India, Panama, Australia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Venezuela, Guatemala

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Chiodecton is a genus of lichens in the family Roccellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by the lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1814, with Chiodecton sphaerale assigned as the type species.

==Species== , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 24 species in Chiodecton. Chiodecton acarosporoides Chiodecton andamanicum – India Chiodecton applanatum – Malaysia Chiodecton colensoi Chiodecton complexum – Brazil Chiodecton congestulum Chiodecton effusum Chiodecton flavovirens Chiodecton graphidastroides Chiodecton heterogenum Chiodecton leprarioides – Réunion Chiodecton leptosporum Chiodecton lichexanthonicum – Brazil Chiodecton macquariense Chiodecton maculatum Chiodecton montanum Chiodecton norsticticum – India Chiodecton pustuliferum Chiodecton queenslandiae Chiodecton sorediatum – Uganda Chiodecton sphaerale Chiodecton stictathecium Chiodecton sublaevigatum Chiodecton subordinatum Chiodecton xanthonosorediatum

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