# Chiodecton

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Genus of lichens

Chiodecton Chiodecton montanum Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Arthoniomycetes Order: Arthoniales Family: Roccellaceae Genus: Chiodecton Ach. (1814) Type species Chiodecton sphaerale Ach. (1814) Species See text Synonyms[1] Melanodecton A.Massal. (1860)

***Chiodecton*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [lichens](/source/Lichen) in the family [Roccellaceae](/source/Roccellaceae).[2] The genus was [circumscribed](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy)) by the lichenologist [Erik Acharius](/source/Erik_Acharius) in 1814, with *[Chiodecton sphaerale](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_sphaerale&action=edit&redlink=1)* assigned as the [type species](/source/Type_species).[3]

## Species

As of September 2024[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton&action=edit), [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum) (in the [Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)) accepts 24 species in *Chiodecton*.[4]

- *[Chiodecton acarosporoides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_acarosporoides&action=edit&redlink=1)* C.W.Dodge (1970)

- *[Chiodecton andamanicum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_andamanicum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Jagad.Ram (2014)[5] – India

- *[Chiodecton applanatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_applanatum&action=edit&redlink=1)* G.Thor (2007)[6] – Malaysia

- *[Chiodecton colensoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_colensoi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (A.Massal.) Müll.Arg. (1894)

- *[Chiodecton complexum](/source/Chiodecton_complexum)* Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2014)[7] – Brazil

- *[Chiodecton congestulum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_congestulum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Nyl. (1868)

- *[Chiodecton effusum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_effusum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Fée (1825)

- *[Chiodecton flavovirens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_flavovirens&action=edit&redlink=1)* G.Thor (1991)[8]

- *[Chiodecton graphidastroides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_graphidastroides&action=edit&redlink=1)* Kalb & Aptroot (2018)

- *[Chiodecton heterogenum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_heterogenum&action=edit&redlink=1)* (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)

- *[Chiodecton leprarioides](/source/Chiodecton_leprarioides)* Kalb & Aptroot (2021)[9] – [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union)

- *[Chiodecton leptosporum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_leptosporum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müll.Arg. (1882)

- *[Chiodecton lichexanthonicum](/source/Chiodecton_lichexanthonicum)* M.Cáceres & Aptroot (2017)[10] – Brazil

- *[Chiodecton macquariense](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_macquariense&action=edit&redlink=1)* C.W.Dodge (1970)

- *[Chiodecton maculatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_maculatum&action=edit&redlink=1)* (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)

- *[Chiodecton montanum](/source/Chiodecton_montanum)* G.Thor (1991)[8]

- *[Chiodecton norsticticum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_norsticticum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Jagad.Ram (2016)[11] – India

- *[Chiodecton pustuliferum](/source/Chiodecton_pustuliferum)* Aptroot (2011)

- *[Chiodecton queenslandiae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_queenslandiae&action=edit&redlink=1)* G.Thor (1991)[8]

- *[Chiodecton sorediatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_sorediatum&action=edit&redlink=1)* G.Thor & Frisch (2013)[12] – Uganda

- *[Chiodecton sphaerale](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_sphaerale&action=edit&redlink=1)* Ach. (1814)

- *[Chiodecton stictathecium](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_stictathecium&action=edit&redlink=1)* (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)

- *[Chiodecton sublaevigatum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiodecton_sublaevigatum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Kremp. (1881)

- *[Chiodecton subordinatum](/source/Chiodecton_subordinatum)* Nyl. (1867)

- *[Chiodecton xanthonosorediatum](/source/Chiodecton_xanthonosorediatum)* Aptroot (2020)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-urlFungorum_synonymy:_Chiodecton_1-0)** ["Synonymy: *Chiodecton* Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 108 (1814)"](http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=998). [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum). Retrieved 27 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Wijayawardene_et_al._2020_2-0)** 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"](https://doi.org/10.5943%2Fmycosphere%2F11%2F1%2F8). *Mycosphere*. **11**: 1060–1456. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8](https://doi.org/10.5943%2Fmycosphere%2F11%2F1%2F8). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10481/61998](https://hdl.handle.net/10481%2F61998).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Acharius_1814_3-0)** Acharius, E. (1814). *Synopsis Methodica Lichenum* (in Latin). p. 108.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoL-Species_Fungorum_4-0)** ["*Chiodecton*"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3N8G). *[Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)*. [Species 2000](/source/Species_2000): Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Jagadeesh_Ram_2014_5-0)** Jagadeesh Ram, T.A.M. (2014). "New species and new records in Roccellaceae (Arthoniales) from the Andaman Islands, India". *Phytotaxa*. **177** (3): 155–162. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.11646/phytotaxa.177.3.3](https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fphytotaxa.177.3.3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Thor_2007_6-0)** Thor, G. (2007). "The genera *Chiodecton*, *Dichosporidium* and *Erythrodecton* in Peninsular Malaysia". *Bibliotheca Lichenologica*. **95**: 543–548.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Cáceres_et_al._2014_7-0)** Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva; Aptroot, André; Ertz, Damien (2014). "New species and interesting records of Arthoniales from the Amazon, Rondônia, Brazil". *The Lichenologist*. **46** (4): 573–588. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/s0024282914000036](https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0024282914000036).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Thor_1990_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Thor_1990_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Thor_1990_8-2) Thor, G. (1990). "The lichen genus *Chiodecton* and five allied genera". *Opera Botanica*. **103**: 1–92.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kalb_&_Aptroot_2021_9-0)** Kalb, Klaus; Aptroot, André (2021). ["New lichens from Africa"](http://www.fschumm.de/Archive/Vol%2028_Kalb_new%20records%20Africa.pdf) (PDF). *Archive for Lichenology*. **28**: 1–12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-da_Silva_et_al._2017_10-0)** da Silva Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia; Aptroot, André (2017). "Lichens from the Brazilian Amazon, with special reference to the genus *Astrothelium*". *The Bryologist*. **120** (2): 166–182. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1639/0007-2745-120.2.166](https://doi.org/10.1639%2F0007-2745-120.2.166).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Jagadeesh_Ram_2016_11-0)** Jagadeesh Ram, T.A.M. (2016). "Additional new species in Roccellaceae s.l. from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". *Phytotaxa*. **246** (4): 281–286. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.11646/phytotaxa.246.4.3](https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fphytotaxa.246.4.3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Frisch_et_al._2014_12-0)** Frisch, A.; Thor, G.; Sheil, D. (2014). "Four new Arthoniomycetes from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda". *Nova Hedwigia*. **98**: 295–312. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0155](https://doi.org/10.1127%2F0029-5035%2F2013%2F0155).

Taxon identifiers Chiodecton Wikidata: Q5101398 Wikispecies: Chiodecton AusLichen: 30017104 CoL: 3N8G EoL: 22451 GBIF: 2592581 iNaturalist: 175891 IndexFungorum: 998 IRMNG: 1063438 MycoBank: 998 NBN: NHMSYS0001477374 NCBI: 91476 NZOR: 3c5ee61f-3188-460d-be6a-caf8b954091e Open Tree of Life: 462389 PLANTS: CHIOD SpeciesFungorum: 998

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