Allophoron is a fungal genus in the division Ascomycota. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the division is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single lichen species Allophoron farinosum, found in Colombia. The genus and species were described as new in 1942 by Czech lichenologist Josef Nádvorník.[2] Allophoron has a wide distribution in tropical regions.[3]

Allophoron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: incertae sedis
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Allophoron
Nádv. (1942)
Species:
A. farinosum
Binomial name
Allophoron farinosum
Nádv. (1942)

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  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.
  2. ^ Nádvorník, J. (1942). "Beiträge zur Kentniss der aussereuropaischen coniocarpen Flechten" [Contributions to the knowledge of non-European coniocarpous lichens]. Annales Mycologici (in German). 40: 133–139.
  3. ^ Tibell, Leif B. (1994). "Distribution patterns and dispersal strategies of Caliciales". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 116 (3): 159–202 [163]. doi:10.1006/bojl.1994.1059.