Name:		Sphaeromphale Rchb., Conspect. Regni Veget. 1 (1828) page 20 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Pertusaria DC.
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Pertusariaceae Körb. ex Körb. [Family] Pertusariales M. Choisy ex D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [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 Sphaeromphale ambrosiana (A. Massal.) Trevis. Sphaeromphale anceps Trevis. Sphaeromphale areolata (Ach.) Arnold Sphaeromphale atra Russell Sphaeromphale carrollii Mudd Sphaeromphale clandestina (Ach.) Trevis. Sphaeromphale clopima (Wahlenb.) Trevis. Sphaeromphale clopimoides Arnold Sphaeromphale clopimum Sphaeromphale cruenta (Körb.) Körb. Sphaeromphale elegans (Wallr.) Körb. Sphaeromphale endoleuca (Fée) Trevis. Sphaeromphale faginea Trevis. Sphaeromphale fissa (Taylor) Körb. Sphaeromphale gelida Trevis. Sphaeromphale hazslinszkyi Körb. Sphaeromphale henscheliana Körb. Sphaeromphale hymenogonia (Nyl.) Mudd Sphaeromphale lectissima (Fr.) Flot. Sphaeromphale lithina Trevis. Sphaeromphale nigella (Kremp.) Trevis. Sphaeromphale nigrata (Nyl.) Mudd Sphaeromphale nucula (Ach.) Trevis. Sphaeromphale rubra (Sommerf.) Rabenh. Sphaeromphale scotinospora (Nyl.) Mudd Sphaeromphale sendtneri (Kremp.) Körb. Sphaeromphale sinapisperma (Fée) Trevis. Sphaeromphale terebrata Mudd Sphaeromphale thelostoma Flot. Sphaeromphale umbrina (Wahlenb.) Mudd Sphaeromphale verrucoso-areolata (Schaer.) Mudd
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]