Name:		Spilonema Bornet, Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 4 (1856) page 226 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Asirosiphon Nyl. (1873) Spilonemopsis Vain. (1909)
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Coccocarpiaceae (Mont. ex Müll. Berol.) Henssen [Family] Peltigerales Walt. Waton [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 Spilonema dendroides Henssen Spilonema isidioides Schaer. Spilonema pannosum Hy Spilonema paradoxum Bornet Spilonema proboscideum Nyl. Spilonema revertens Nyl. Spilonema schmidtii (Vain.) Henssen Spilonema scoticum Nyl. Spilonema subsimile Vain. Spilonema tenellum Vain.
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]