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Coral Lichens
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Coral Lichens

Sphaerophorus

Sphaerophorus is a genus of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales.

Members of Sphaerophorus are commonly called ball lichens, coral lichens, or tree coral.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tuckerman's Coral Lichen

speciesSphaerophorus tuckermanii

Globe Ball Lichen

speciesSphaerophorus globosus

Ancient Coral Lichen

speciesSphaerophorus venerabilis

Fragile Coral Lichen

speciesSphaerophorus fragilis

Sphaerophorus stereocauloides

speciesSphaerophorus stereocauloides

Sphaerophorus nobilis

speciesSphaerophorus nobilis

Sphaerophorus isousnicus

speciesSphaerophorus isousnicus

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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 55243.