| Carbonicola | |
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| Thallus of Carbonicola myrmecina, growing on the bark of Pseudotsuga menziesii; magnified 20X | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Carbonicolaceae Bendiksby & Timdal (2013) |
| Genus: | Carbonicola Bendiksby & Timdal (2013) |
| Type species | |
| Carbonicola anthracophila (Nyl.) Bendiksby & Timdal (2013)
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Carbonicola is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi. It is the sole genus in the monogeneric family Carbonicolaceae.[1] The genus, which collectively has an almost cosmopolitan distribution, contains three squamulose lichens that prefer to grow on burned wood in temperate areas of the world.