''Gymnoderma'' is a

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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

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in the family

Cladoniaceae The Cladoniaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales, comprising about 560 species distributed amongst 18 genera. This family is one of the largest among lichen-forming fungi and is globally distributed, from Arctic t ...

. It has three species. The genus was

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by Finnish botanist

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in 1860. Nylander assigned ''

Gymnoderma coccocarpum ''Gymnoderma'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Cladoniaceae. It has three species. The genus was circumscribed by Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1860. Nylander assigned '' Gymnoderma coccocarpum'' as the type species in 186 ...

'' as the

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in 1869; this species was originally collected from the

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. It occurs throughout southeastern Asia.

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Gymnoderma favosum ''Gymnoderma'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Cladoniaceae. It has three species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish botanist William Nylander (botanist), William Nylander in 1860. Nylander assign ...

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Gymnoderma insulare ''Gymnoderma insulare'' is a species of lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. It is native to Japan and Taiwan, where it grows in old-growth temperate forests. The species is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List due to its limited distribu ...

'' Some species once classified in ''Gymnoderma'' have since been transferred to other genera. These include: *''Gymnoderma lineare'' = ''

Cetradonia linearis ''Cetradonia'' is a lichen genus in the family Cladoniaceae. A monotypic genus, ''Cetradonia'' contains the single species ''Cetradonia linearis'' (formerly known as ''Cladonia linearis'' and as ''Gymnoderma lineare''). The genus was circumscri ...

'' *''Gymnoderma melacarpum'' = ''

Neophyllis melacarpa ''Neophyllis'' a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Sphaerophoraceae. The genus is endemic to Australasia, occurring in southeastern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. It comprises two recognised species characterised by small, ...

'' *''Gymnoderma rugosum'' = ''

Stereum rugosum ''Stereum'' is the type genus of the Stereaceae family of fungi, in the Russulales order. Common names for species of this genus include leaf fungus, wax fungus, and shelf fungus. Fungi having a shape similar to a ''Stereum'' are said to have a s ...

References

Cladoniaceae Lecanorales genera Lichen genera Taxa named by William Nylander (botanist) Taxa described in 1860 {{Lecanorales-stub