Name:		Pilophorus Th. Fr., Stereoc. Piloph. Comm. (1857) page 40 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Pilophoron (Tuck.) Tuck. (1858) Pilophorum Nyl. (1857)
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 Pilophorus acicularis (Ach.) Th. Fr. Pilophorus awasthiana Räsänen Pilophorus cereolus (Ach.) Th. Fr. Pilophorus conglomeratum F. Wilson Pilophorus distans (Hulting) H. Magn. Pilophorus dovrensis (Nyl.) Timdal, Hertel & Rambold Pilophorus fibula (Tuck.) Th. Fr. Pilophorus hallii (Tuck.) Vain. Pilophorus nigricaulis M. Satô Pilophorus pallidus (Th. Fr.) Timdal Pilophorus robustus Th. Fr. Pilophorus stromaticus Nyl. ex Cromb. Pilophorus strumaticus Nyl. ex Cromb. Pilophorus vegae Krog
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (1 record)
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]