Glomerulophoron
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| Glomerulophoron | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Arthoniaceae |
| Genus: | Glomerulophoron Frisch, Ertz & G.Thor (2015) |
| Type species | |
| Glomerulophoron mauritiae Frisch, Ertz & G.Thor (2015) | |
| Species | |
Glomerulophoron is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Arthoniaceae.[1][2] The genus contains two species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichens. It was circumscribed in 2015 by the lichenologists Andreas Frisch, Damien Ertz, and Göran Thor. It was created to contain a single species from Mauritius, G. mauritiae, which was distinct from the similar genus Sporodophoron both genetically and morphologically, in the tightly coiled chains of sporodochial conidia.[3] The genus gained another member in 2024 when the Brazilian species G. confluentisorediatum was added to it. It is distinguished from the type species by the absence of sporodochia.[4]
