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Ball Lichen

Sphaerophorus

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sphaerophorus
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Sphaerophorus
Genus recognized by wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia POL, Austria Species List, Australia Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Falkland Islands Species List, Faroe Islands Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Greenland Species List, Guernsey Species List, Iceland Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Malaysia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia ET, NCBI, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, USDA PLANTS images, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, GGBN data coverage, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Sphaerophorus
Recognized by CalPhotos, Mushroom Observer, Habitat data for fungi, and BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK
Sphaerophorus Pers.
Genus recognized by GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus Pers. 1794
Genus recognized by GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Sphaerophorus cuneatus Js. Murray
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus divergens Stirt.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus dodgei Ohlsson ex Wedin
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus elatior (Weber) M. Choisy
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus fastigiatulus Nyl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus gelatinosus Treviran.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus globiferus Tuck.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus globosus var. lacunosus (Tuck.) Vain.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain.)
Sphaerophorus isousnicus M. Satô
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus jamaicensis Räsänen
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus lacunosus (Tuck.) C. W. Dodge
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus meiophorus (Nyl.) Vain.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus polycladus (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus taiwanensis Wang
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Sphaerophorus taiwanensis Wang-Yang & Lai)
Sphaerophorus tener Mont.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus tenue Kremp.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus vividulum Colenso
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphaerophorus yangii Wang
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Sphaerophorus yangii Wang-Yang & Lai)
Thysanophoron stereocauloides (Nyl.) M. Satô
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Thysanophoron)
? lacunosus Tuck.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Sphaerophoraceae)
Sphaerophorus
Harvest ancestor according to Arctic Lichens, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records Sweden, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iNaturalist, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

ball lichen preferred
Recognized by USDA PLANTS images and Wikidata Common Names
Coral Lichens preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Arabic

متكاورة preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

球粉衣屬 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Danish

Kuglelav preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Dutch; Flemish

Boomkorrelloof preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Estonian

Korallsamblikud preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Finnish

korallijäkälät preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Norwegian

korallav preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

сферофорус preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

球粉衣属 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
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Curated hierarchies for Sphaerophorus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Nucletmycea
Fungi
Dikarya
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Lecanorales
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus (this page)
Sphaerophorus fragilis (L.) Pers.
Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain.
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii Räsänen
Sphaerophorus venerabilis Wedin, Högnabba & Goward
Bunodophoron
Neophyllis

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Fungi
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Lecanorales
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus (this page)
Sphaerophorus fragilis (L.) Pers.
Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain.
Sphaerophorus venerabilis Wedin, Högnabba & Goward
Austropeltum
Bunodophoron
Calycidium
Gilbertaria
Leifidium
Neophyllis

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Sphaerophorus (this page)
Sphaerophorus fragilis (L.) Pers.
Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain.
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii Räsänen
Sphaerophorus venerabilis Wedin, Högnabba & Goward
Bunodophoron
Neophyllis

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Sphaerophorus (this page)
Sphaerophorus fragilis (L.) Pers.
Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain.
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii Räsänen
Sphaerophorus venerabilis Wedin, Högnabba & Goward
Bunodophoron
Neophyllis

GBIF classification

Fungi
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Lecanorales
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus Pers. (this page)
Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain.
Sphaerophorus stereocauloides Nyl.
Sphaerophorus taiwanensis Wang-Yang & Lai
Sphaerophorus tenerum
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii Räsänen
Sphaerophorus turfaceus Asahina
Sphaerophorus venerabilis Wedin, Högnabba & Goward
Sphaerophorus whakapapaense
Sphaerophorus yangii Wang-Yang & Lai
Austropeltum Henssen, Döring & Kantvilas
Bunodophoron A. Massal.
Leifidium Wedin
Neophyllis F. Wilson

iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Life
Fungi
Ascomycota
Pezizomycotina
Lecanoromycetes
Lecanoromycetidae
Lecanorales
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus (this page)
Sphaerophorus fragilis
Sphaerophorus globosus
Sphaerophorus isousnicus
Sphaerophorus nobilis
Sphaerophorus stereocauloides
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii
Sphaerophorus venerabilis
Austropeltum
Bunodophoron
Calycidium
Gilbertaria
Leifidium
Neophyllis

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Fungi
Dikarya
Ascomycota
saccharomyceta
Pezizomycotina
leotiomyceta
Lecanoromycetes
OSLEUM clade
Lecanoromycetidae
Lecanorales
Lecanorineae
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus (this page)
Sphaerophorus fragilis
Sphaerophorus globosus
Sphaerophorus stereocauloides
Sphaerophorus taiwanensis
unclassified Sphaerophorus
Austropeltum
Bunodophoron
Leifidium
Protomicarea

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Fungi
Dikarya
Ascomycota
Pezizomycotina
Lecanoromycetes
Lecanoromycetidae
Lecanorales
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus (this page)
Sphaerophorus australis
Sphaerophorus caespitosus
Sphaerophorus ceranoides
Sphaerophorus ceratites
Sphaerophorus complanatus
Sphaerophorus compressus
Sphaerophorus coomerensis
Sphaerophorus coralloides
Sphaerophorus cuneatus
Sphaerophorus curtus
Sphaerophorus digitatus
Sphaerophorus diplotypus
Sphaerophorus divergens
Sphaerophorus dodgei
Sphaerophorus elatior
Sphaerophorus fastigiatulus
Sphaerophorus flaccidus
Sphaerophorus formosanus
Sphaerophorus fragilis
Sphaerophorus gelatinosus
Sphaerophorus globiferus
Sphaerophorus globosus
Sphaerophorus imshaugii
Sphaerophorus insignis
Sphaerophorus isousnicus
Sphaerophorus jamaicensis
Sphaerophorus kinabaluensis
Sphaerophorus lacunosus
Sphaerophorus macrocarpus
Sphaerophorus madagascareus
Sphaerophorus meiophorus
Sphaerophorus melanocarpus
Sphaerophorus moniliformis
Sphaerophorus murrayi
Sphaerophorus nobilis
Sphaerophorus notatus
Sphaerophorus ohlssonii
Sphaerophorus patagonicus
Sphaerophorus polycarpus
Sphaerophorus polycladus
Sphaerophorus ramulifer
Sphaerophorus scrobiculatus
Sphaerophorus stereocauloides
Sphaerophorus sterile
Sphaerophorus taiwanensis
Sphaerophorus taylorii
Sphaerophorus tener
Sphaerophorus tenue
Sphaerophorus tibellii
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii
Sphaerophorus turfaceus
Sphaerophorus venerabilis
Sphaerophorus vividulum
Sphaerophorus whakapapaensis
Sphaerophorus yangii
Austropeltum
Bunodophoron
Calycidiomyces
Calycidium
Coniophyllum
Leifidium
Neophyllis
Pseudosphaerophorus
Sphaerophoron
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