''Cyphelium'' is a genus of crustose areolate

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.apothecia filled with sooty black spores.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The genus is in the family Caliciaceae . The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in north and south temperate regions, and contains about 12 species. Members of the genus are commonly called soot lichens.

Species

*'' Cyphelium brachysporum'' *'' Cyphelium brunneum'' *'' Cyphelium chloroconium'' *''

Cyphelium inquinans ''Cyphelium'' is a genus of crustose areolate lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.

'' *'' Cyphelium karelicum'' *'' Cyphelium lecideinum'' *'' Cyphelium lucidum'' *'' Cyphelium marcianum'' *'' Cyphelium notarisii'' *'' Cyphelium pinicola'' *'' Cyphelium sessile'' *'' Cyphelium tigillare'' *'' Cyphelium trachylioides''

References

Gallery

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'' Image:Cyphelium_tigillare-2.jpg, '' Cyphelium tigillare'' Caliciales Lichen genera Taxa described in 1815 Taxa named by Erik Acharius Caliciales genera {{Caliciales-stub