Sclerophyton is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with Sclerophyton elegans assigned as the type species.[2]

Sclerophyton
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Opegraphaceae
Genus: Sclerophyton
Eschw. (1824)
Type species
Sclerophyton elegans
Eschw. (1824)
Species

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References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; 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. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Eschweiler, F.G. (1824). Systema Lichenum, Genera Exhibens rite distincta, Pluribus Novis Adaucta (in Latin). pp. 1–26.
  3. ^ a b c Archer, A.W. (2003). "New species in the genus Sclerophyton (Ascomycota, Opeographaceae) from Australia and the Solomon Islands". Mycotaxon. 87: 85–89.
  4. ^ Makhija, Urmila; Adawadkar, Bharati (2002). "The lichen genus Sclerophyton in India". The Lichenologist. 34 (4): 347–350. doi:10.1006/lich.2002.0405. S2CID 85727071.
  5. ^ Aptroot, André; de Souza, Maria Fernanda; dos Santos, Lidiane Alves; Junior, Isaias Oliveira; Barbosa, Bruno Micael Cardoso; da Silva, Marcela Eugenia Cáceres (2022). "New species of lichenized fungi from Brazil, with a record report of 492 species in a small area of the Amazon Forest". The Bryologist. 125 (3): 435–467. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-125.3.433.