Sphaerophoraceae

The Sphaerophoraceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. Species of this family have a widespread distribution, especially in southern temperate regions.[3] Sphaerophoraceae was circumscribed by mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1831.[4]

Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus venerabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Sphaerophoraceae
Fr. (1831)
Type genus
Sphaerophorus
Pers. (1794)
Genera

Austropeltum
Bunodophoron
Calycidium
Leifidium
Neophyllis
Sphaerophorus

Synonyms[1]

Genera

Sphaerophoraceae contains 6 genera and 39 species. Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority, year of publication, and the number of species:[5]

References

  1. Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361. S2CID 90258634.
  2. Elenkin (1929). "O teoreticheskikh printsipakh detalizatsii osnovnykh ryadov kombinativnoi sistemy lishainikov" [On the theoretical grounds of detailed elaboration of basic series of the combinative system of lichens]. Izvestiya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada SSSR ('Bulletin Jardin Botanique de l'URSS') (in Russian). 28: 265–305.
  3. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
  4. Fries, E.M. (1831). Lichenographia Europaea Reformata (in Latin). Lundin: typis Berlingianis, venditur apud E. Mauritium, Gryphiae. p. 7.
  5. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.


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