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Sclerophyton

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Sclerophyton

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Sclerophyton is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with Sclerophyton elegans assigned as the type species.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumCnidaria
  2. ClassOctocorallia
  3. OrderScleralcyonacea
  4. FamilySpongiodermidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
36
With media
12
Family
Opegraphaceae
Collections
NY, ASU, F, US, UC, UFS
Recorded in
Trinidad And Tobago, MéXico, United States, Mexico, Brasil, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, United Kingdom

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Opegraphaceae
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taxon name
Sclerophyton
taxon rank
genus
taxon author citation
Eschw.
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Sclerophyton is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with Sclerophyton elegans assigned as the type species.

==Species== Sclerophyton aptrootii Sclerophyton conspicuum Sclerophyton elegans Sclerophyton extenuatum Sclerophyton fluorescens Sclerophyton hillii Sclerophyton indicum Sclerophyton insularum Sclerophyton madagascariense Sclerophyton perithecioideum – Brazil Sclerophyton puncticulatum Sclerophyton seriale Sclerophyton stigmaticum Sclerophyton syncesioides Sclerophyton trinidadense Sclerophyton vertex

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