Cyphelium

Cyphelium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Teloschistales
Family:	Caliciaceae
Genus:	Cyphelium; Ach. (1815)
Type species
	Cyphelium tigillare; (Ach.) Ach. (1815)

Cyphelium is a genus of crustose areolate lichens with cup-like apothecia filled with sooty black spores.^[1]^: 258 The genus is in the Caliciaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in north and south temperate regions, and contains about 12 species.^[2] Members of the genus are commonly called soot lichens.^[1]^: 258

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References[]

^ ^a ^b Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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Cyphelium tigillare

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[SSFGCL-1] Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

[Kirk2008-2] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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