''Sclerophyton'' is a genus of
lichen
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in the family
Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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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''
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Sclerophyton madagascariense
''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 ...
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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''
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Sclerophyton vertex''
References
Arthoniomycetes
Lichen genera
Arthoniomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1824
Taxa named by Franz Gerhard Eschweiler
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