Chiodecton

Chiodecton is a genus of lichens in the family Roccellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by the lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1814, with Chiodecton sphaerale assigned as the type species.

==Species== , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 24 species in Chiodecton. Chiodecton acarosporoides Chiodecton andamanicum – India Chiodecton applanatum – Malaysia Chiodecton colensoi Chiodecton complexum – Brazil Chiodecton congestulum Chiodecton effusum Chiodecton flavovirens Chiodecton graphidastroides Chiodecton heterogenum Chiodecton leprarioides – Réunion Chiodecton leptosporum Chiodecton lichexanthonicum – Brazil Chiodecton macquariense Chiodecton maculatum Chiodecton montanum Chiodecton norsticticum – India Chiodecton pustuliferum Chiodecton queenslandiae Chiodecton sorediatum – Uganda Chiodecton sphaerale Chiodecton stictathecium Chiodecton sublaevigatum Chiodecton subordinatum Chiodecton xanthonosorediatum