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]
Pilophorus | |
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Pilophorus acicularis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Cladoniaceae |
Genus: | Pilophorus Th.Fr. (1857) |
Type species | |
Pilophorus robustus Th.Fr. (1857)
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Species
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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. hdl:10481/61998.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Fries, Th. M. (1857). "Ad amimadversiones Cl. W. Nylanderi". Botaniska Notiser (in Latin): 167–174.
- ^ 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. S2CID 86580604.
- ^ 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. S2CID 83972658.