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Erythrodecton

Erythrodecton is a genus of two species of lichen-forming fungi in the family Roccellaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1991 by Swedish botanist Göran Thor, with E. granulatum assigned as the type species.

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Erythrodecton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Roccellaceae
Genus: Erythrodecton
G.Thor (1991)
Type species
Erythrodecton granulatum
(Mont.) G.Thor (1991)
Species

E. granulatum
E. malacum

Erythrodecton is a genus of two species of lichen-forming fungi in the family Roccellaceae.1 The genus was circumscribed in 1991 by Swedish botanist Göran Thor, with E. granulatum assigned as the type species.2

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References

  1. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  2. Thor, G. (1990). "The lichen genus Chiodecton and five allied genera". Opera Botanica. 103: 75.