Scoliciosporum | |
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Herbarium specimen of Scoliciosporum chlorococcum growing on the bark of a red maple | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Scoliciosporaceae |
Genus: | Scoliciosporum A.Massal. (1852) |
Type species | |
Scoliciosporum holomelaeum (Flörke) A.Massal. (1852)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Scoliciosporum is a genus of lichens in the family Scoliciosporaceae.[2]
The genus was reinstated by Antonin Vězda in 1978 to contain crustose lichens with immarginate apothecia, gelatinized, branched and anastomosing paraphyses, eight-spored, usually Lecanora-type asci, and hyaline, multi-septate ascospores.[3]
Scoliciosporum was originally placed in the family Micareaceae by Josef Poelt in 1974.[4] This classification was rejected after the appearance of molecular phylogenetic studies in the mid-2000s.[5][6]
Scoliciosporum species grow mainly on bark, stones and leaves. They occur mostly in temperate locales.[7]