Lichenostigma

Lichenostigma
Lichenostigma cosmopolites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Lichenotheliaceae
Genus: Lichenostigma
Hafellner (1983)[1]
Type species
Lichenostigma maureri
Hafellner (1983)

Lichenostigma is a genus fungi. It includes 8 species of lichenicolous fungi (fungi that are parasitic on lichens).[2] Some species in the genus form lichens.

It is in the Lichenotheliaceae family.

Species

References

  1. Hafellner J. (1982). "Studien über lichenicole Pilze und Flechten II. Lichenostigma maureri gen. et sp. nov., ein in den Ostalpen häufiger lichenicoler Pilz (Ascomycetes, Arthoniales)". Herzogia (in German) 6 (1–2): 299–308.
  2. A synopsis of Lichenostigma subgen. Lichenogramma (Arthoniales) with a key to the species, Vicent Calatayud1, Pere Navarro-Rosinés, Josef Hafellner, Mycological Research, Volume 106, Issue 10, October 2002, Pages 1230–1242,

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