Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales
Familia: Stereocaulaceae
Genus: Xyleborus
Species: X. nigricans – X. sporodochifer
Note:
Xyleborus sporodochifer R.C. Harris & Ladd, 2007, and Xyleborus nigricans R.C. Harris & Lendemer, 2015 are lichens in the family, Stereocaulaceae. Do not confuse these species with Xyleborus species of beetles in the family, Curculionidae.
Name
Xyleborus R.C. Harris & Ladd, Opuscula Philolichenum 4: 65 (2007) [Mycobank #510785]
Type Species: Xyleborus sporodochifer R.C. Harris & Ladd 2007
References
Harris, R.C. & D. Ladd (2007) New taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Ozark Ecoregion. - Opuscula Philolichenum 4: 57 - 68. [RLL List # 207 / Rec.# 28714 - Recent Literature on Lichens] (PDF file)
Links
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Vernacular names
Xyleborus is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Stereocaulaceae. It has two species.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 2009 by Richard C. Harris and Douglas Ladd with Xyleborus sporodochifer assigned as the type species.[2] A second species, X. sporodochifer, was added to the genus in 2015.[3]
References
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.
Harris, R.C.; Ladd, D. (2007). "New taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Ozark Ecoregion". Opuscula Philolichenum. 4: 57–68.
Lendemer, James C.; Harris, Richard C. (2015). "Xyleborus nigricans, a second species for the previously monospecific genus newly found in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America". The Bryologist. 118 (3): 284–292. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-118.3.284.
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