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Cliostomum
Cliostomum is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. It has about 20 species. The genus was established in 1825 by Elias Magnus Fries, who characterized it by its rounded fruiting bodies that are integrated into the lichen's crust with distinctive folded or corrugated openings. These lichens form tight crusts on various surfaces, ranging in colour from whitish to pale grey or yellowish, and reproduce primarily through conspicuous flask-shaped structures that release spores rather than through sexual fruiting bodies.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Multicolored Dot Lichen
speciesCliostomum griffithii
Cliostomum corrugatum
speciesCliostomum corrugatum
Cliostomum leprosum
speciesCliostomum leprosum
Cliostomum vitellinum
speciesCliostomum vitellinum
Cliostomum flavidulum
speciesCliostomum flavidulum
Cliostomum tenerum
speciesCliostomum tenerum
Cliostomum flavum
speciesCliostomum flavum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 175886.