Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales
Familia: Sphaerophoraceae
Genus: Sphaerophorus
Species: S. digitatus – S. fragilis – S. globosus – S. taiwanensis – S. tuckermanii – S. venerabilis – S. yangii
Name
Sphaerophorus Pers., 1794 nom. cons.
Typification Details: Sphaerophorus coralloides Pers. 1794
Synonyms
Baeoderma Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 53(no. 1): 3 (1922)
Sphaerophoron Ach., Method. Lich.: 134 (1803)
Sphaerophoronomyces Cif. & Tomas., Atti Ist. bot. Univ. Lab. crittog. Pavia, Ser. 5 10(1): 66 (1953)
Sphaerophorum Schrad., Spicil. fl. germ. 1: 112 (1794)
Syrigosis Neck. ex Kremp., Gesch. Litt. Lichenol. 2: 47 (1869)
Thysanophoron Stirt., Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 14: 359 (1883)
References
Pers., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 7: 23 (1794)
Persoon, C.H. (1794) Einige Bemerkungen über die Flechten: Nebst Beschreibungen einiger neuer Arten aus dieser Familie der Aftermoose. - Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 7: 1–32. (Mattick Rec.# 31958 - Literature on Lichens)
Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Sphaerophorus (pp. 657-659) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis and distribution map for North America: p. 658; color photo: p. 658, plate 804)
Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Sphaerophorus (pp. 361-363) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp. (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22402 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis and color photo: p. 362; diagram of branching: p. 361)
Goward, T. 1999. The lichens of British Columbia - Illustrated Keys - Part 2 - Fruticose Species. Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests Research Program, 319 pp. (RLL List # 176 / Rec.# 6980 - Recent Literature on Lichens) Online Reference page. : Sphaerophorus Pers. (pp. 218-221) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis: p. 219)
Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Sphaerophorus Pers., 1794 (pp. 447-449) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp. (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30032 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis: p. 448; color photo: p. 448, fig. 285)
Purvis, O.W. (1992) Sphaerophorus Pers., 1794 (pp. 568-569) In: Purvis, O.W.; Coppins, B.J.; Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W.; and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (RLL List # 151 / Rec. # 15105 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis: p. 568)
Wedin, M.; Högnabba, F. and Goward, T. (2009) A new species of Sphaerophorus, and a key to the family Sphaerophoraceae in western North America. The Bryologist 112(2): 368–374. (RLL List # 215 / Rec. # 31601 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)
Wirth, V. (1995) Sphaerophorus Pers. (pp. 860-864) - Teil 2 - In, Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs, Teil 1 & 2. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart. 1006 pp.; in German. (RLL List # 159 / Rec. # 20405 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Sphaerophorus fragilis: p. 862; color photo: p. 863)
USDA Plants Database
North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011
Index Fungorum
MycoBank
Vernacular names
English: Coral lichens, Tree coral, Ball lichens
日本語: サンゴゴケ属
Sphaerophorus a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales.
Members of Sphaerophorus are commonly called ball lichens,[2][3] coral lichens,[4]: 198 or tree coral.[4]: 198
According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains eight species.[5]
References
"Sphaerophorus Pers. 1794". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
Ball Lichen (Sphaerophorus), Encyclopedia of Life
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Name Search
Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 649. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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