Scoliciosporum
Scoliciosporum is a genus of lichens in the family Scoliciosporaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was reinstated by Antonin Vězda in 1978 to contain crustose lichens with immarginate apothecia, gelatinized, branched and anastomosing paraphyses, eight-spored, usually Lecanora-type asci, and hyaline, multi-septate ascospores.Scoliciosporum was originally placed in the family Micareaceae by Josef Poelt in 1974. This classification was rejected after the appearance of molecular phylogenetic studies in the mid-2000s.
Habitat and distribution
Scoliciosporum species grow mainly on bark, stones and leaves. They occur mostly in temperate locales.Species
- Scoliciosporum abietinum
- Scoliciosporum arachnoideum – Madagascar
- Scoliciosporum camptosporum
- Scoliciosporum chlorococcum
- Scoliciosporum coniectum
- Scoliciosporum curvatum
- Scoliciosporum fabisporum – South Africa
- Scoliciosporum holomelaenum
- Scoliciosporum intrusum
- Scoliciosporum jasonhurii
- Scoliciosporum pensylvanicum
- Scoliciosporum pruinosum
- Scoliciosporum sarothamni
- Scoliciosporum umbrinum
- ''Scoliciosporum vouauxii''