Cyphelium tigillare

Cyphelium tigillare
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Caliciales
Family:	Caliciaceae
Genus:	Cyphelium
Species:	C. tigillare
Binomial name
	Cyphelium tigillare; (Ach.) Ach. (1815)
Synonyms
	Lichen tigillaris Ach. (1798); Calicium tigillare (Ach.) Turner & Borrer; Lecidea tigillaris (Ach.) Ach. (1803); Patellaria tigillaris (Ach.) DC. (1815); Acolium tigillare (Ach.) Gray (1821); Trachylia tigillaris (Ach.) Fr. (1835);

Cyphelium tigillare is a species of lignicolous (wood-dwelling) lichen in the family Caliciaceae, and the type species of the genus Cyphelium. Widespread in North America, it commonly grows on fenceposts.^[2]

References edit

^ "Cyphelium tigillare (Ach.) Ach.: 261, 1815". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
^ Hale, Mason E. (1988). Lichens of California. University of California Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-520-05713-5.

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