''Sphaerophorus'' 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 nom ...
of
lichenized fungi in the
order Lecanorales
The Lecanorales are an order of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The order contains 26 families, 269 genera, and 5695 species.
Families
* Aphanopsidaceae
* Biatorellaceae
* Briga ...
.
Members of ''Sphaerophorus'' are
commonly called ball lichens,
Ball Lichen (Sphaerophorus), Encyclopedia of Life
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/ref> coral lichens,[Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ] or tree coral.[
According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains eight species.][
]
References
Lecanorales
Lecanorales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
Taxa described in 1794
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