Lichinaceae

Lichinaceae
Lichinella nigritella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lichinomycetes
Order: Lichinales
Family: Lichinaceae
Nyl. (1854)
Type genus
Lichina
C.Agardh (1817)

The Lichinaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi. Most species are lichenized, and have a distribution largely in temperate regions.[1]

Genera

The following genera are in the Lichinaceae family, according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota. Genera with a question mark preceding them have an uncertain taxonomic placement in the family.[2]

AnemaCalotrichopsisCryptotheleDigitothyreaEdwardiellaEphebeEuopsisFinkiaGonohymeniaGyrocollemaHarpidiumJenmaniaLecidopyrenopsisLemmopsisLempholemmaLeprocollemaLichinaLichinellaLichinodium — ?MawsoniaMetamelaenaPauliaPeccaniaPhloeopeccaniaPhylliscidiopsisPhylliscidiumPhyllisciellaPhylliscumPorocyphus — ?PseudarctomiPseudopauliaPsorotichiaPterygiopsisPyrenocarponPyrenopsisStromatellaSynalissaThelignyaThermutisThermutopsisThyreaZahlbrucknerella

References

  1. Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 17. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58.


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