Biology:Pilophorus (fungus)

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Short description: Genus of lichens

Pilophorus
Pilophorus acicularis 26853.jpg
Pilophorus acicularis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Pilophorus
Th.Fr. (1857)
Type species
Pilophorus robustus
Th.Fr. (1857)

Pilophorus is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Cladoniaceae.[1] They are commonly known as matchstick lichens. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in temperate regions, and contains 11 species.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Theodor Magnus Fries in 1857, with Pilophorus robustus assigned as the type species.[3]

Species

  • Pilophorus acicularis (Ach.) Th.Fr. (1857)
  • Pilophorus cereolus Ach.) Th.Fr. (1871)
  • Pilophorus clavatus Th.Fr. (1888)
  • Pilophorus dovrensis (Nyl.) Timdal, Hertel & Rambold (1988)
  • Pilophorus fibula (Tuck.) Tuck. (1882)
  • Pilophorus fruticosus Li S.Wang & Xin Y.Wang (2011)[4] – China
  • Pilophorus hallii (Tuck.) Vain. (1921)
  • Pilophorus nigricaulis M.Satô (1940)
  • Pilophorus pallidus (Körb.) Timdal (1988)
  • Pilophorus robustus Th.Fr. (1857)
  • Pilophorus strumaticus Nyl. ex Cromb. (1875)
  • Pilophorus vegae Krog (1968)
  • Pilophorus yunnanensis Li S.Wang & Xin Y.Wang (2010)[5] – China

References

  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; 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. 
  2. Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. 2008. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk. 
  3. Fries, Th. M. (1857). "Ad amimadversiones Cl. W. Nylanderi" (in la). Botaniska notiser: 167–174. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62267180. 
  4. Wang, Xin Yu; Joshi, Yogesh; Oh, Soon Ok; Hur, Jae-Seoun; Wang, Li Song (2011). "Pilophorus fruticosus (Cladoniaceae), a new species from south-western China". The Lichenologist 43 (2): 137–140. doi:10.1017/s0024282910000782. 
  5. Wang, Xin Yu; Joshi, Yogesh; Hur, Jae Seoun; Oh, Soon Ok; Wang, Li Song (2010). "Taxonomic studies on the lichen flora of southwestern China (1). Pilophorus yunnanensis sp. nov. (Cladoniaceae)". The Bryologist 113 (2): 345–349. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-113.2.345. 

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