Coelopogon
Sign in to saveCoelopogon is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Parmeliaceae. The genus contains two species found in southern South America and South Africa.
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- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyParmeliaceae
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Coelopogon is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Parmeliaceae. The genus contains two species found in southern South America and South Africa.
==Taxonomy== Coelopogon was circumscribed in 1991 by lichenologists Franklin Andrej Brusse and Ingvar Kärnefelt, with C. abraxas assigned as the type species.
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