Name:		Pilophoron Tuck., (1858)
Accepted name:		Pilophorus Th. Fr.
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Cladoniaceae Zenker [Family] Lecanorales Nannf. [Order] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Pilophoron aciculare (Ach.) Nyl. Pilophoron awasthianum Räsänen Pilophoron cariosum Hue Pilophoron cereolus (Ach.) Th. Fr. Pilophoron clavatum Pilophoron colensoi (Bab.) C. Knight Pilophoron conglomeratum F. Wilson Pilophoron curtulum Kurok. & Shibuichi Pilophoron hallii (Tuck.) Vain. Pilophoron japonicum Zahlbr. Pilophoron nigricaule M. Satô Pilophoron pileatum (Mont.) Zahlbr. Pilophoron polycarpum Pilophoron robustum Th. Fr. Pilophoron staufferi M. Satô Pilophoron strumaticum
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]