| Name | Herpothallon Tobler |
| Authorship | Tobler |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Arthoniaceae |
| Contains | Herpothallon sp. |
| Remarks | Type species: Herpothallon sanguineum (Swartz) Tobler (Thelephora sanguinea Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occid. 3: 1937. 1806). Although Thelephora sanguinea Swartz was based on "Byssus sanguinea Swartz, Nova Gen. Sp. Pl. 148. 1788", the generic name Byssus in this combination is not currently considered to apply to an organism within the fungal clade |
| Citation | 1937 Flora 131: 446 |
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