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Sclerophyton
Sign in to saveSclerophyton 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
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassOctocorallia
- OrderScleralcyonacea
- FamilySpongiodermidae
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Museum specimens
- 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
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Opegraphaceae
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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== 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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