Enchylium

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Enchylium
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Enchylium polycarpon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Collemataceae
Genus: Enchylium
(Ach.) Gray (1821)
Synonyms [1]
  • Collema †† EnchyliumAch. (1810)
  • Collema sect. Enchylium(Ach.) Bory (1823)
  • Collemodes Fink (1918)

Enchylium is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Collemataceae. [2]

Species

As of May 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept 12 species of Enchylium: [2]

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References

  1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Enchylium (Ach.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 396 (1821)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Enchylium". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 May 2024.