Cyphelium is a genus of crustose areolate lichens with cup-like apothecia filled with sooty black spores.

[1]: 258  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.

[2] Members of the genus are commonly called soot lichens.

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