''Leptodontidium'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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belonging to the family
Leptodontidiaceae.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by G. Sybren de Hoog in 1979.
Species
,
Species Fungorum
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(in the
Catalogue of Life
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) accepts 11 species of ''Leptodontidium'':
* ''
Leptodontidium aciculare''
* ''
Leptodontidium aureum''
* ''
Leptodontidium beauverioides''
* ''
Leptodontidium boreale''
* ''
Leptodontidium camptobactrum''
* ''
Leptodontidium cubense''
* ''
Leptodontidium diaphanulum''
* ''
Leptodontidium irregulare''
* ''
Leptodontidium obscurum''
* ''
Leptodontidium quercuum''
* ''
Leptodontidium trabinellum''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15105143
Helotiales
Leotiomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1979