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Chiodecton
Sign in to saveChiodecton 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
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassArthoniomycetes
- OrderArthoniales
- FamilyRoccellaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- 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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Encyclopedic overview
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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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chiodecton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.