Cyphelium tigillare
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
  • 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

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


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