Cyphelium

Cyphelium is a genus of crustose areolate lichens with cup-like apothecia filled with sooty black spores. The genus is in the family Caliciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in north and south temperate regions, and contains about 12 species. Members of the genus are commonly called soot lichens.

Species

 * Cyphelium brachysporum
 * Cyphelium brunneum
 * Cyphelium chloroconium
 * Cyphelium inquinans
 * Cyphelium karelicum
 * Cyphelium lecideinum
 * Cyphelium lucidum
 * Cyphelium marcianum
 * Cyphelium notarisii
 * Cyphelium pinicola
 * Cyphelium sessile
 * Cyphelium tigillare
 * Cyphelium trachylioides