''Sclerophora'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
lichen-forming
fungi
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in the family
Coniocybaceae
The Coniocybaceae are the sole family of lichen-forming fungi in the Coniocybales, which itself is the only order in the class Coniocybomycetes. The family was circumscribed by Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach in 1837. Both the order and the ...
.
Largely restricted to
temperate
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latitudes, three of its six known species have been reported in North America.
Species
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Sclerophora amabilis''
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Sclerophora farinacea''
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Sclerophora minima''
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Sclerophora pallida''
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Sclerophora peronella''
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Sclerophora sanguinea
''Sclerophora'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Coniocybaceae. Largely restricted to temperate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span ...
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References
Ascomycota
Ascomycota genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1826
Taxa named by François Fulgis Chevallier
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