Allophoron

Allophoron is a genus of fungi in the division Ascomycota. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the division is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Allophoron farinosum, found in Colombia. The genus and species were described as new in 1942 by Czech lichenologist Josef Nádvorník.[2]

Allophoron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: incertae sedis
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Allophoron
Nádv. (1942)
Species:
A. farinosum
Binomial name
Allophoron farinosum
Nádv. (1942)

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. Nádvorník, J. (1942). "Beiträge zur Kentniss der aussereuropaischen coniocarpen Flechten". Annales Mycologici (in German). 40: 133–139.


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