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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