Cyphelium

Cyphelium
Cyphelium inquinans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Cyphelium
Ach. (1815)
Type species
Cyphelium tigillare
(Ach.) Ach. (1815)

Cyphelium is a genus of crustose areolate lichens with cup-like apothecia filled with sooty black spores.: 258  The genus is in the family Caliciaceae . The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in north and south temperate regions, and contains about 12 species. Members of the genus are commonly called soot lichens.: 258 

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  2. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.