Name:		Phlyctis Flot., (1850)
Synonym(s):		Micromium Pers. (1811) Dactyloblastus Trevis. (1853) Comocheila A. Massal. (1860) Phlyctomia A. Massal. (1860) Dyctyoblastus Kremp. (1869) Phlyctella Kremp. (1876) Phlyctidia Müll. Arg. (1895) Phlyctellomyces Cif. & Tomas. (1953) Phlyctidomyces E.A. Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Phlyctidaceae Poelt ex J.C. David & D. Hawksw. [Family] Ostropales Nannf. [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 Phlyctis agelea (Ach.) Flot. Phlyctis andensis Nyl. Phlyctis arachnoidea Kremp. Phlyctis argena (Spreng.) Flot. Phlyctis boliviensis Nyl. Phlyctis brasiliensis Nyl. Phlyctis caesio-alba Flot. Phlyctis calyptica (Kremp.) Zahlbr. Phlyctis candida Zahlbr. Phlyctis capillaris Phlyctis cyrtospora C. Knight Phlyctis effusa Müll. Arg. Phlyctis egentior Nyl. Phlyctis ernstiana Müll. Arg. Phlyctis himalayensis (Nyl.) D.D. Awasthi Phlyctis italica A. Massal. Phlyctis leucosticta Phlyctis meyeri Stein Phlyctis neozelandiae Nyl. Phlyctis norvegica Norman Phlyctis ocellata C. Knight Phlyctis offula Kremp. Phlyctis oleosa Stirt. Phlyctis polyphora Stirt. Phlyctis polyphragmia Phlyctis ruwenzorii Phlyctis schizospora Phlyctis sepulta Phlyctis sordida C. Knight Phlyctis sorediiformis Phlyctis spilomatica Phlyctis stromatophora C. Knight Phlyctis subregularis Müll. Arg. Phlyctis subuncinata Stirt. Phlyctis uncinata Stirt. Phlyctis willeyi Tuck.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (3 records)
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]