Cyphelium tigillare

Cyphelium tigillare is a species of lignicolous (wood-dwelling) lichen in the family Caliciaceae, and the type species of the genus Cyphelium. Widespread in North America, it commonly grows on fenceposts.^[2]

Cyphelium tigillare
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Caliciales
Family:	Caliciaceae
Genus:	Cyphelium
Species:	C. tigillare
Binomial name
Cyphelium tigillare (Ach.) Ach. (1815)
Synonyms[1]
Lichen tigillaris Ach. (1798) Calicium tigillare (Ach.) Turner & Borrer Lecidea tigillaris (Ach.) Ach. (1803) Patellaria tigillaris (Ach.) DC. (1815) Acolium tigillare (Ach.) Gray (1821) Trachylia tigillaris (Ach.) Fr. (1835)