Sclerophyton is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with Sclerophyton elegans assigned as the type species.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Opegraphaceae |
| Genus: | Sclerophyton Eschw. (1824) |
| Type species | |
| Sclerophyton elegans Eschw. (1824)
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Species edit
- Sclerophyton aptrootii Sparrius (2004)
- Sclerophyton conspicuum A.W.Archer (2003)[3]
- Sclerophyton elegans Eschw. (1824)
- Sclerophyton extenuatum (Nyl.) Sparrius (2004)
- Sclerophyton fluorescens Sparrius (2004)
- Sclerophyton hillii A.W.Archer (2003)[3]
- Sclerophyton indicum Makhija & Adaw. (2002)[4]
- Sclerophyton insularum A.W.Archer (2003)[3]
- Sclerophyton madagascariense Sparrius (2004)
- Sclerophyton perithecioideum Aptroot (2022)[5] – Brazil
- Sclerophyton puncticulatum P.M.McCarthy & Elix (2018)
- Sclerophyton seriale (Ach.) Sparrius (2004)
- Sclerophyton stigmaticum (Kremp.) Sparrius (2004)
- Sclerophyton syncesioides Sparrius (2004)
- Sclerophyton trinidadense Sparrius (2004)
- Sclerophyton vertex Sparrius (2004)
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.
- ^ Eschweiler, F.G. (1824). Systema Lichenum, Genera Exhibens rite distincta, Pluribus Novis Adaucta (in Latin). pp. 1–26.
- ^ a b c Archer, A.W. (2003). "New species in the genus Sclerophyton (Ascomycota, Opeographaceae) from Australia and the Solomon Islands". Mycotaxon. 87: 85–89.
- ^ Makhija, Urmila; Adawadkar, Bharati (2002). "The lichen genus Sclerophyton in India". The Lichenologist. 34 (4): 347–350. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0405. S2CID 85727071.
- ^ Aptroot, André; de Souza, Maria Fernanda; dos Santos, Lidiane Alves; Junior, Isaias Oliveira; Barbosa, Bruno Micael Cardoso; da Silva, Marcela Eugenia Cáceres (2022). "New species of lichenized fungi from Brazil, with a record report of 492 species in a small area of the Amazon Forest". The Bryologist. 125 (3): 435–467. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-125.3.433.
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