Chiodecton

Chiodecton is a genus of lichens in the family Roccellaceae.^[2] The genus was circumscribed by the lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1814, with Chiodecton sphaerale assigned as the type species.^[3]

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)

Species

As of September 2024^[update], Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 24 species in Chiodecton.^[4]

• Chiodecton acarosporoides C.W.Dodge (1970)
• Chiodecton andamanicum Jagad.Ram (2014)^[5] – India
• Chiodecton applanatum G.Thor (2007)^[6] – Malaysia
• Chiodecton colensoi (A.Massal.) Müll.Arg. (1894)
• Chiodecton complexum Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2014)^[7] – Brazil
• Chiodecton congestulum Nyl. (1868)
• Chiodecton effusum Fée (1825)
• Chiodecton flavovirens G.Thor (1991)^[8]
• Chiodecton graphidastroides Kalb & Aptroot (2018)
• Chiodecton heterogenum (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)
• Chiodecton leprarioides Kalb & Aptroot (2021)^[9] – Réunion
• Chiodecton leptosporum Müll.Arg. (1882)
• Chiodecton lichexanthonicum M.Cáceres & Aptroot (2017)^[10] – Brazil
• Chiodecton macquariense C.W.Dodge (1970)
• Chiodecton maculatum (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)
• Chiodecton montanum G.Thor (1991)^[8]
• Chiodecton norsticticum Jagad.Ram (2016)^[11] – India
• Chiodecton pustuliferum Aptroot (2011)
• Chiodecton queenslandiae G.Thor (1991)^[8]
• Chiodecton sorediatum G.Thor & Frisch (2013)^[12] – Uganda
• Chiodecton sphaerale Ach. (1814)
• Chiodecton stictathecium (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)
• Chiodecton sublaevigatum Kremp. (1881)
• Chiodecton subordinatum Nyl. (1867)
• Chiodecton xanthonosorediatum Aptroot (2020)