# Stereocaulaceae

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Family of fungi

Stereocaulaceae Stereocaulon tomentosum Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Lecanoromycetes Order: Lecanorales Family: Stereocaulaceae Chevall. (1826) Type genus Stereocaulon Hoffm. (1796) Genera Hertelidea Lepraria Stereocaulon Squamarina Xyleborus

The **Stereocaulaceae** are a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [lichen](/source/Lichen)-forming [fungi](/source/Fungi) in the [order](/source/Order_(biology)) [Lecanorales](/source/Lecanorales). It contains five [genera](/source/Genus).[1] Species of this family are widely distributed in [temperate](/source/Temperate) [boreal](/source/Boreal_ecosystem) and [austral](/source/Southern_Hemisphere) regions.[2]

## Genera

- *[Hertelidea](/source/Hertelidea)* Printzen & Kantvilas (2004)[3] – 6 spp.

- *[Lepraria](/source/Lepraria)* Ach. (1803) – 86 spp.[4]

- *[Stereocaulon](/source/Stereocaulon)* Hoffm. (1796) – 45 spp.[5]

- *[Squamarina](/source/Squamarina)* Poelt (1958) – 4 spp.[6]

- *[Xyleborus](/source/Xyleborus_(lichen))* R.C.Harris & Ladd (2007)[7] – 2 spp.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lücking_et_al._2017_1-0)** Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota–Approaching one thousand genera". *The Bryologist*. **119** (4): 361–416. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361](https://doi.org/10.1639%2F0007-2745-119.4.361). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [90258634](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:90258634).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). *Fungal Families of the World*. Wallingford: CABI. p. 339. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-85199-827-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85199-827-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Printzen_&_Kantvilas_2004_3-0)** Printzen, C.; Kantvilas, G. (2004). "*Hertelidea*, genus novum Stereocaulacearum (Ascomycetes lichenisati)". In Döbbeler, P.; Rambold, G. (eds.). [*Contributions to Lichenology. Festschrift in Honour of Hannes Hertel*](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279866558). Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 88. J. Cramer. pp. 539–553.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoL-Fungorum:_Lepraria_4-0)** Source dataset. [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum) Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. ["*Lepraria*"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5CPQ). *[Catalog of Life](/source/Catalog_of_Life) Version 2021-09-21*. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoL-Fungorum:_Stereocaulon_5-0)** Source dataset. [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum) Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. ["*Stereocaulon*"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7N67). *[Catalog of Life](/source/Catalog_of_Life) Version 2021-09-21*. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoL-Fungorum:_Squamarina_6-0)** Source dataset. [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum) Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. ["*Squamarina*"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7LQJ). *[Catalog of Life](/source/Catalog_of_Life) Version 2021-09-21*. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Harris_&_Ladd_2007_7-0)** Harris, R.C.; Ladd, D. (2007). "New taxa of lichens and lichenicolous fungi from the Ozark Ecoregion". *Opuscula Philolichenum*. **4**: 57–68.

Taxon identifiers Stereocaulaceae Wikidata: Q3498745 Wikispecies: Stereocaulaceae AusLichen: 30016272 CoL: GP2 EoL: 6136 EPPO: 1SRCLF FloraBase: 23227 GBIF: 8302 iNaturalist: 122661 IndexFungorum: 81425 IRMNG: 108049 ITIS: 14027 MycoBank: 81425 NBN: NHMSYS0001498933 NCBI: 50937 NZOR: e0be8d21-305d-4212-a3cd-f7767f01b99b Open Tree of Life: 148116 SpeciesFungorum: 81425 Tropicos: 100386966 WoRMS: 438283

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