Sphaerophoraceae

Sphaerophoraceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Sphaerophoraceae; Fr. (1831)
Type genus
	Sphaerophorus; Pers. (1794)
Genera
	Austropeltum; Bunodophoron; Calycidium; Leifidium; Neophyllis; Sphaerophorus
Synonyms
	Calycidiaceae Elenkin (1929);

The Sphaerophoraceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. Species of this family have a widespread distribution, especially in southern temperate regions.^[3] Sphaerophoraceae was circumscribed by mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1831.^[4]

Genera[]

Sphaerophoraceae contains 6 genera and 39 species. Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority, year of publication, and the number of species:^[5]

Austropeltum Henssen, H.Döring & Kantvilas (1992) – 1 sp.
Bunodophoron A.Massal. (1861) – 25 spp.
Calycidium Stirt. (1877) – 2 spp.
Leifidium Wedin (1993) – 1 sp.
Neophyllis F.Wilson (1891) – 2 spp.
Sphaerophorus Pers. (1794) – 8 spp.

References[]

^ Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361. S2CID 90258634.
^ Elenkin (1929). "O teoreticheskikh printsipakh detalizatsii osnovnykh ryadov kombinativnoi sistemy lishainikov" [On the theoretical grounds of detailed elaboration of basic series of the combinative system of lichens]. Izvestiya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada SSSR ('Bulletin Jardin Botanique de l'URSS') (in Russian). 28: 265–305.
^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
^ Fries, E.M. (1831). Lichenographia Europaea Reformata (in Latin). Lundin: typis Berlingianis, venditur apud E. Mauritium, Gryphiae. p. 7.
^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; 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.

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[Lücking_et_al._2017-1] Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361. S2CID 90258634.

[Elenkin_1929-2] Elenkin (1929). "O teoreticheskikh printsipakh detalizatsii osnovnykh ryadov kombinativnoi sistemy lishainikov" [On the theoretical grounds of detailed elaboration of basic series of the combinative system of lichens]. Izvestiya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada SSSR ('Bulletin Jardin Botanique de l'URSS') (in Russian). 28: 265–305.

[Cannon_2007-3] Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.

[Fries_1831-4] Fries, E.M. (1831). Lichenographia Europaea Reformata (in Latin). Lundin: typis Berlingianis, venditur apud E. Mauritium, Gryphiae. p. 7.

[Wijayawardene_et_al._2020-5] Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; 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.

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