{{Short description|Genus of lichens}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Chiodecton montanum Thor (AM AK201839-4).jpg | image_caption = ''[[Chiodecton montanum]]'' | taxon = Chiodecton | authority = [[Erik Acharius|Ach.]] (1814) | type_species = ''[[Chiodecton sphaerale]]'' | type_species_authority = Ach. (1814) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlFungorum synonymy: Chiodecton"/> | synonyms = *''Melanodecton'' <small>[[A.Massal.]] (1860)</small> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Chiodecton''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lichen]]s in the family [[Roccellaceae]].<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020"/> The genus was [[circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscribed]] by the lichenologist [[Erik Acharius]] in 1814, with ''[[Chiodecton sphaerale]]'' assigned as the [[type species]].<ref name="Acharius 1814"/>
==Species== {{As of|2024|September}}, [[Species Fungorum]] (in the [[Catalogue of Life]]) accepts 24 species in ''Chiodecton''.<ref name="CoL-Species Fungorum"/> *''[[Chiodecton acarosporoides]]'' {{small|C.W.Dodge (1970)}} *''[[Chiodecton andamanicum]]'' {{small|Jagad.Ram (2014)}}<ref name="Jagadeesh Ram 2014"/> – India *''[[Chiodecton applanatum]]'' {{small|G.Thor (2007)}}<ref name="Thor 2007"/> – Malaysia *''[[Chiodecton colensoi]]'' {{small|(A.Massal.) Müll.Arg. (1894)}} *''[[Chiodecton complexum]]'' {{small|Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2014)}}<ref name="Cáceres et al. 2014"/> – Brazil *''[[Chiodecton congestulum]]'' {{small|Nyl. (1868)}} *''[[Chiodecton effusum]]'' {{small|Fée (1825)}} *''[[Chiodecton flavovirens]]'' {{small|G.Thor (1991)}}<ref name="Thor 1990"/> *''[[Chiodecton graphidastroides]]'' {{small|Kalb & Aptroot (2018)}} *''[[Chiodecton heterogenum]]'' {{small|(C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)}} *''[[Chiodecton leprarioides]]'' {{small|Kalb & Aptroot (2021)}}<ref name="Kalb & Aptroot 2021"/> – [[Réunion]] *''[[Chiodecton leptosporum]]'' {{small|Müll.Arg. (1882)}} *''[[Chiodecton lichexanthonicum]]'' {{small|M.Cáceres & Aptroot (2017)}}<ref name="da Silva et al. 2017"/> – Brazil *''[[Chiodecton macquariense]]'' {{small|C.W.Dodge (1970)}} *''[[Chiodecton maculatum]]'' {{small|(C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)}} *''[[Chiodecton montanum]]'' {{small|G.Thor (1991)}}<ref name="Thor 1990"/> *''[[Chiodecton norsticticum]]'' {{small|Jagad.Ram (2016)}}<ref name="Jagadeesh Ram 2016"/> – India *''[[Chiodecton pustuliferum]]'' {{small|Aptroot (2011)}} *''[[Chiodecton queenslandiae]]'' {{small|G.Thor (1991)}}<ref name="Thor 1990"/> *''[[Chiodecton sorediatum]]'' {{small|G.Thor & Frisch (2013)}}<ref name="Frisch et al. 2014"/> – Uganda *''[[Chiodecton sphaerale]]'' {{small|Ach. (1814)}} *''[[Chiodecton stictathecium]]'' {{small|(C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)}} *''[[Chiodecton sublaevigatum]]'' {{small|Kremp. (1881)}} *''[[Chiodecton subordinatum]]'' {{small|Nyl. (1867)}} *''[[Chiodecton xanthonosorediatum]]'' {{small|Aptroot (2020)}}
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=
<ref name="Acharius 1814">{{cite book |last=Acharius |first=E. |year=1814 |title=Synopsis Methodica Lichenum |page=108 |language=la}}</ref>
<ref name="Cáceres et al. 2014">{{cite journal |last1=Cáceres |first1=Marcela Eugenia da Silva |last2=Aptroot |first2=André |last3=Ertz | first3=Damien |title=New species and interesting records of Arthoniales from the Amazon, Rondônia, Brazil |journal=The Lichenologist |volume=46 |issue=4 |year=2014 |doi=10.1017/s0024282914000036 |pages=573–588}}</ref>
<ref name="CoL-Species Fungorum">{{Catalogue of Life |id=3N8G |title=''Chiodecton'' |access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="da Silva et al. 2017">{{cite journal |last1=da Silva Cáceres |first1=Marcela Eugenia |last2=Aptroot |first2=André |title=Lichens from the Brazilian Amazon, with special reference to the genus ''Astrothelium'' |journal=The Bryologist |volume=120 |issue=2 |year=2017 |doi=10.1639/0007-2745-120.2.166 |pages=166–182}}</ref>
<ref name="Frisch et al. 2014">{{cite journal |last1=Frisch |first1=A. |last2=Thor |first2=G. |last3=Sheil |first3=D. |year=2014 |title=Four new Arthoniomycetes from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda |journal=Nova Hedwigia |volume=98 |pages=295–312 |doi=10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0155}}</ref>
<ref name="Jagadeesh Ram 2014">{{cite journal |last1=Jagadeesh Ram |first1=T.A.M. |year=2014 |title=New species and new records in Roccellaceae (Arthoniales) from the Andaman Islands, India |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=177 |issue=3 |pages=155–162 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.177.3.3}}</ref>
<ref name="Jagadeesh Ram 2016">{{cite journal |last=Jagadeesh Ram |first=T.A.M. |title=Additional new species in Roccellaceae s.l. from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=246 |issue=4 |year=2016 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.246.4.3 |pages=281–286}}</ref>
<ref name="Kalb & Aptroot 2021">{{cite journal |last1=Kalb |first1=Klaus |last2=Aptroot |first2=André |year=2021 |title=New lichens from Africa |journal=Archive for Lichenology |volume=28 |pages=1–12 |url=http://www.fschumm.de/Archive/Vol%2028_Kalb_new%20records%20Africa.pdf}}</ref>
<ref name="Thor 1990">{{cite journal |last=Thor |first=G. |year=1990 |title=The lichen genus ''Chiodecton'' and five allied genera |journal=Opera Botanica |volume=103 |pages=1–92}}</ref>
<ref name="Thor 2007">{{cite journal |last=Thor |first=G. |year=2007 |title=The genera ''Chiodecton'', ''Dichosporidium'' and ''Erythrodecton'' in Peninsular Malaysia |journal=Bibliotheca Lichenologica |volume=95 |pages=543–548}}</ref>
<ref name="urlFungorum synonymy: Chiodecton">{{cite web |title=Synonymy: ''Chiodecton'' Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 108 (1814) |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=998 |publisher=[[Species Fungorum]] |accessdate=27 November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020">{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |last1=Wijayawardene |first1=Nalin |last2=Hyde |first2=Kevin |first3=Laith Khalil Tawfeeq |last3=Al-Ani |last4=Somayeh |first4=Dolatabadi |last5=Stadler |first5=Marc |last6=Haelewaters |first6=Danny |last7=Tsurykau |first7=Andrei |last8=Mesic |first8=Armin |last9=Navathe |first9=Sudhir |last10=Papp |first10=Viktor |last11=Oliveira Fiuza |first11=Patrícia |last12=Vázquez |first12=Víctor |last13=Gautam |first13=Ajay |last14=Becerra |first14=Alejandra G. |last15=Ekanayaka |first15=Anusha |last16=K. C. |first16=Rajeshkumar |last17=Bezerra |first17=Jadson |last18=Matočec |first18=Neven |last19=Maharachchikumbura |first19=Sajeewa |last20=Suetrong |first20=Satinee |year=2020 |title=Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa |journal=Mycosphere |volume=11 |pages=1060–1456 |doi=10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 |doi-access=free |hdl=10481/61998 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>
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