Gymnoderma

Gymnoderma is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Cladoniaceae. It has three species.^[2] The genus was circumscribed by Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1860.^[3] Nylander assigned Gymnoderma coccocarpum as the type species in 1869; this species was originally collected from the Himalayas.^[4] It occurs throughout southeastern Asia.^[5]

Gymnoderma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Cladoniaceae
Genus:	Gymnoderma Nyl. (1860)
Type species
Gymnoderma coccocarpum Nyl. (1863)
Species
G. coccocarpum G. favosum G. insulare
Synonyms[1]
Gymnodermatomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) Baeoderma Vain. (1922)

Species

• Gymnoderma coccocarpum Nyl. (1869)^[4]
• Gymnoderma favosum Hoffm. (1811)^[6]
• Gymnoderma insulare Yoshim. & Sharp (1968)^[5]

Some species once classified in Gymnoderma have since been transferred to other genera. These include:

• Gymnoderma lineare (A.Evans) Yoshim. & Sharp (1968) = Cetradonia linearis^[7]
• Gymnoderma melacarpum (F.Wilson) Yoshim. (1973) = Neophyllis melacarpa^[8]
• Gymnoderma rugosum (Pers.) Hoffm. (1811) = Stereum rugosum^[9]