Oropogon is a
genus of
lichenisedascomycetes in the large family
Parmeliaceae.[2] It is a genus of roughly 40 currently accepted
species.[3] It was previously included in the family Alectoriaceae, but this group has since been subsumed into the Parmeliaceae.
All members of the genus have a
fruticose growth form. The most obvious
synapomorphic character which separates Oropogon from the rest of the family is the large brown, muriform
ascospores (i.e. with transverse and longitudinal walls) that occur singly in each
ascus.[4]
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