''Cryptodiscus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...
-forming
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Stictidaceae
The Stictidaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Ostropales. It has 30 genera and about 240 species.
Taxonomy
The family was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1849.
D ...
.
Species
,
Species Fungorum
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accepts 15 species in ''Cryptodiscus'':
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Cryptodiscus cladoniicola''
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Cryptodiscus epicladonia''
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Cryptodiscus foveolaris''
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Cryptodiscus galaninae''
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Cryptodiscus gloeocapsa''
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Cryptodiscus ihlenii''
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Cryptodiscus incolor''
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Cryptodiscus microstoma''
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Cryptodiscus minutissimus''
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Cryptodiscus muriformis''
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Cryptodiscus pallidus''
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Cryptodiscus pini''
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Cryptodiscus pumilus''
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Cryptodiscus similis''
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Cryptodiscus speratus''
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Cryptodiscus stereicola''
References
Ostropales
Lichen genera
Ostropales genera
Taxa described in 1838
Taxa named by August Carl Joseph Corda
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