Lepidostroma is a genus in the family Lepidostromataceae (the only family within the fungal order Lepidostromatales).[1] The genus is distinguished from all other lichenized clavarioid fungi (Multiclavula (Cantharellales), Ertzia (Lepidostromatales), and Sulzbacheromyces (Lepidostromatales)) by having a distinctly squamulose thallus (similar to a 'Coriscium-type' thallus) with scattered to dense rounded to reniform squamules.[2] Four species are known from the tropics of Africa and the Americas.
| Lepidostroma | |
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| Lepidostroma vilgalysii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Lepidostromatales |
| Family: | Lepidostromataceae |
| Genus: | Lepidostroma Magd. & S.Winkl. (1967) |
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References
edit- ^ "Lepidostroma". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Moncada, Bibiana; Lücking, Robert (2014). "Lepidostromatales, a new order of lichenized fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes), with two new genera, Ertzia and Sulzbacheromyces, and one new species, Lepidostroma winklerianum". Fungal Diversity. 64 (1): 165–179. doi:10.1007/s13225-013-0267-0.