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Chiodecton

Chiodecton is a genus of lichens in the family Roccellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by the lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1814, with Chiodecton sphaerale assigned as the type species.

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Chiodecton
Chiodecton montanum
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Chiodecton
Ach. (1814)
Type species
Chiodecton sphaerale
Ach. (1814)
Species

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Synonyms1

Chiodecton is a genus of lichens in the family Roccellaceae.2 The genus was circumscribed by the lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1814, with Chiodecton sphaerale assigned as the type species.3

Species

As of September 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 24 species in Chiodecton.4

  • Chiodecton acarosporoides C.W.Dodge (1970)
  • Chiodecton andamanicum Jagad.Ram (2014)5 – India
  • Chiodecton applanatum G.Thor (2007)6 – Malaysia
  • Chiodecton colensoi (A.Massal.) Müll.Arg. (1894)
  • Chiodecton complexum Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2014)7 – Brazil
  • Chiodecton congestulum Nyl. (1868)
  • Chiodecton effusum Fée (1825)
  • Chiodecton flavovirens G.Thor (1991)8
  • Chiodecton graphidastroides Kalb & Aptroot (2018)
  • Chiodecton heterogenum (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)
  • Chiodecton leprarioides Kalb & Aptroot (2021)9 – Réunion
  • Chiodecton leptosporum Müll.Arg. (1882)
  • Chiodecton lichexanthonicum M.Cáceres & Aptroot (2017)10 – Brazil
  • Chiodecton macquariense C.W.Dodge (1970)
  • Chiodecton maculatum (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)
  • Chiodecton montanum G.Thor (1991)8
  • Chiodecton norsticticum Jagad.Ram (2016)11 – India
  • Chiodecton pustuliferum Aptroot (2011)
  • Chiodecton queenslandiae G.Thor (1991)8
  • Chiodecton sorediatum G.Thor & Frisch (2013)12 – Uganda
  • Chiodecton sphaerale Ach. (1814)
  • Chiodecton stictathecium (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)
  • Chiodecton sublaevigatum Kremp. (1881)
  • Chiodecton subordinatum Nyl. (1867)
  • Chiodecton xanthonosorediatum Aptroot (2020)
References

References

  1. "Synonymy: Chiodecton Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 108 (1814)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  3. Acharius, E. (1814). Synopsis Methodica Lichenum (in Latin). p. 108.
  4. "Chiodecton". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  5. Jagadeesh Ram, T.A.M. (2014). "New species and new records in Roccellaceae (Arthoniales) from the Andaman Islands, India". Phytotaxa. 177 (3): 155–162. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.177.3.3.
  6. Thor, G. (2007). "The genera Chiodecton, Dichosporidium and Erythrodecton in Peninsular Malaysia". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 95: 543–548.
  7. Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva; Aptroot, André; Ertz, Damien (2014). "New species and interesting records of Arthoniales from the Amazon, Rondônia, Brazil". The Lichenologist. 46 (4): 573–588. doi:10.1017/s0024282914000036.
  8. Thor, G. (1990). "The lichen genus Chiodecton and five allied genera". Opera Botanica. 103: 1–92.
  9. Kalb, Klaus; Aptroot, André (2021). "New lichens from Africa" (PDF). Archive for Lichenology. 28: 1–12.
  10. da Silva Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia; Aptroot, André (2017). "Lichens from the Brazilian Amazon, with special reference to the genus Astrothelium". The Bryologist. 120 (2): 166–182. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-120.2.166.
  11. Jagadeesh Ram, T.A.M. (2016). "Additional new species in Roccellaceae s.l. from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". Phytotaxa. 246 (4): 281–286. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.246.4.3.
  12. Frisch, A.; Thor, G.; Sheil, D. (2014). "Four new Arthoniomycetes from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda". Nova Hedwigia. 98: 295–312. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0155.