''Sclerophyton'' is a genus of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[fungi
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in the family
Opegraphaceae
''Opegraphaceae'' is a family of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi in the order Arthoniales. It was originally proposed by German lichenologist Ernst Stizenberger in 1862. It fell into disuse, but was resurrected in a molecular phylogenetic ...
. It has about 15 species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by German lichenologist
Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with ''
Sclerophyton elegans'' assigned as the
type species
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.
Species
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Sclerophyton aptrootii''
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Sclerophyton conspicuum''
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Sclerophyton elegans''
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Sclerophyton extenuatum''
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Sclerophyton fluorescens''
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Sclerophyton hillii''
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Sclerophyton indicum''
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Sclerophyton insularum
''Sclerophyton'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with '' Sclerophyton elegans'' assigned as the type s ...
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Sclerophyton madagascariense''
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Sclerophyton puncticulatum''
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Sclerophyton seriale''
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Sclerophyton stigmaticum''
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Sclerophyton syncesioides''
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Sclerophyton trinidadense
''Sclerophyton'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with '' Sclerophyton elegans'' assigned as the type s ...
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Sclerophyton vertex
''Sclerophyton'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with '' Sclerophyton elegans'' assigned as the type s ...
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References
Arthoniomycetes
Lichen genera
Arthoniomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1824
Taxa named by Franz Gerhard Eschweiler
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