Sphaerophorus

Sphaerophorus
Sphaerophorus globosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Sphaerophoraceae
Genus: Sphaerophorus
Pers. (1794)
Type species
Sphaerophorus coralloides
Pers. (1794)
Species

S. coralloides
S. fragilis
S. globosus
S. imshaugii
S. murrayi
S. patagonicus
S. whakapapaensis
S. yangii

Synonyms[1]

Sphaerophorus a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales.

Members of Sphaerophorus are commonly called ball lichens,[2][3] coral lichens,[4]: 198  or tree coral.[4]: 198 

According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains eight species.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlMycoBank: Sphaerophorus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ball Lichen (Sphaerophorus), Encyclopedia of Life
  3. ^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
  4. ^ a b Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kirk2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).